Become a Beam Committer
An Apache Beam committer takes many forms. There are many actions other than coding that build the trust we place in a committer - code review, design discussion, user support, community outreach, improving infrastructure, documentation, project management, etc.
What does it mean to be a committer?
An Apache Beam committer has write access to the repository for merging pull requests, but you don’t have to be a code contributor to become a committer. Becoming a committer means that you have the project’s trust. Read the ASF documentation for more about being a committer in the Apache Software Foundation.
Ways you can contribute
Everyone is welcome to join and contribute to the project in many ways, not only with code contributions. Things like asking questions, reporting bugs, proposing new features, improving documentation or the website, organizing events or writing blog posts, are also welcome and recognized.
Code contributions
Ways you can contribute code to the project include:
- Building a new feature like a new IO connector or PTransform
- Fixing a Bug
- Sharing a code example or template with the community
- Testing a release candidate
Non-code contributions
Non-code contributions are ways to add value to the projects outside code, here are some examples of things that you can contribute:
- Organize a meetup
- Give a talk about Beam at a conference
- Update a typo in the documentation
- Write a blog post with useful tips about Beam
What are the traits of an Apache Beam committer?
Process
The PMC makes someone a committer via nomination, discussion, and then majority vote. We use data from as many sources as possible to inform our reasoning. Here are some examples:
- dev@ archives
- user@ archives
apache-beam
StackOverflow tag- Git metrics for Beam
- Code reviews given and received on Beam
- Clear areas of ownership (a runner, a DSL, IO connector, documentation, etc.)
- Public events
- Firsthand PMC testimonials
Last updated on 2024/08/27
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