怎样为MariaDB做出贡献？
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为什么要为Maria贡献呢？
MariaDB的成功依靠的是社区分享。如果没有社区的参与MariaDB不可能像今天这样成功。
第一步
这里提供了很多为MariaDB提供支持的方式，并不是要求所有的人要有扎实的C/C++功底。对于非开发人员来说可以通过下面的方式参与：
- 报告 bugs
- 在报告bug 之前，你需要在login链接中注册一个账号。
- 提供好的建议。
- 问问题。
- 测试
- 能够将Bug 测试上传到FTP服务器中的private 目录中。
- 创建有关MariaDB的文档或者是文章, 又或 翻译现有文章.
- 宣传MariaDB（Advocating MariaDB in your area）
- 参与开源项目开发。
- 运行BuildBot平台，这个平台并不是指代当前的 represented平台。
- Donate time or money to the MariaDB project.
- Ask your company to sponsor a feature.
Contributing to the Knowledgebase is a great way to help improve MariaDB.
MariaDB Email Lists
A great way to get started in MariaDB is to participate in e-mail discussions via our Launchpad lists (whichever list best matches your interests):
You can find additional email address, email archives and ways to connect with MariaDB people here.
All MariaDB contributors are expected to follow the Ubuntu Code Of Conduct.
Getting Started for Developers
There are several reasons why contributing code is one of the easiest and most rewarding ways to contribute to MariaDB:
- We are very responsive toward reviews of submitted code and as soon as the review is done, the submitted code is merged into an existing MariaDB tree and made available to everyone, not just select customers.
- Code reviews are performed by the MariaDB core development team and the quality, detail, and timeliness of our reviews are better than you will find elsewhere.
- With MariaDB everyone has access to the latest code.
- If a patch is very safe and/or very useful we are willing to push it into the stable code (as long as it can't break any existing applications). We are willing to do this to ensure the freedom to add small, needed fixes on a stable release so users don't have to wait a year for something to be added which is critical to their business.
- If you are an active contributor, you can become a member of maria-captains, even if you aren't working for Monty Program Ab. All captains have the same rights as any other captain to accept and reject patches. Our development model is truly open for everyone.
The Contributing Code page details many of the actual steps involved in working with the MariaDB source code. The page also includes links where you can find tasks to work on.
It's important that you use the same tools and submit patches in the same way as other developers to keep development running smoothly.
Expectations for Developers
Not just any bit of code can be accepted into MariaDB. In general, we expect any code you contribute to:
- be nice, modular, performant, easy to read, and believed to be bug free.
- be properly reviewed by at least one maria-captain.
- follow the MariaDB coding standards.
- not contain duplicated code / features that we already have.
- provide a new valuable addition to MariaDB that benefits a large number of users.
- not break anything for old MySQL / MariaDB users.
- not stop anyone from implementing another important feature.
On a personal note, we expect you to:
- follow the Ubuntu Code Of Conduct
- participate in e-mail discussions via our Launchpad lists (whichever list is most appropriate):
- register yourself as a Maria developer on Launchpad
- maintain a positive, productive, light-hearted attitude. Developers temporarily stepping away gracefully to ensure real productivity is always understood in our community. Emphasis on gracefully.
- work with the maria-captains to get your code approved.
- submit your approved code to the captain who worked on your review or to the email list for inclusion in MariaDB.
- take ownership of the code that you submit, and interact as
a cohesive whole with other code-owners. This means you should:
- fix bugs in your code
- review, approve or apply your own version of code that people submit to you that touches your code.
- be available for people that want to discuss your code.
- help upgrade your code from one MariaDB version to the next.
If you are unable or unwilling to follow the above expectations, then the maria-captains, or ultimately Monty Program Ab, will find someone who will take ownership of your code.
Code Licensing
Similar to other open source projects, Monty Program Ab needs to have a shared ownership of the code that is included in the MariaDB distribution. This can be done by submitting your code under the BSD-new license. The only currently known exceptions to this rule are storage engines and code that is loadable through a plugin. For these, it's enough that the code is GPL.
If you want to submit code under a license other than BSD-new, sign and email the Monty Program Contributor Agreement.
Where are the Developers?
- Most of the core developers hang out on IRC in the #maria channel on
- freenode.
- Code, proposals, and feature requests are sent to (and discussed on) the maria-developers list.
