The presentation that Lahiru Gunathilake did, during XSEDE12 Conference. This slide deck includes information on how a user could get involved with the Apache Airavata project.

1. Start with Apache Airavata

2. Apache Way
• More than group of projects
• Projects
– 94 Top Level Projects
– 57 Incubating Projects
– 32 Lab Projects

3. Apache Way Cont…
• Community
Users • Uses of the project
Contributors • Contribute towards the project in various aspects
• Ideas, Documentation, Code
Committers • VOTE rights
• Commit Access to project Repository
PMC Members • Most of the time Committers
• Contribute towards project Management
• Access to private mailing List of the Project

4. Committer Map

5. Apache Way Cont…
• Merits
• Openness

6. Contribute to Airavata
• Not only Developers
• Help with Ideas
• Active in mailing list, helping users
• Contribute towards the Documentation
• Contribute towards the Code

7. How to communicate
• Mailing list
Subscribe: airavata-dev-subscribe@incubator.apache.org
Post (after subscription): airavata-dev@incubator.apache.org
Unsubscribe: airavata-dev-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org
• Creating Jiras
– Issue and project tracking software used in
Apache

8. Documentation
• Ask Questions about Docs
• Issues with Docs
– Report Errors
– Contribute with fixes

9. Using Apache Airavata
• Report improvements
• Report Bugs
• Ask Questions in mailing list

10. Development
• Contribute with Code
– Create a Jira or pick a Jira and fix it
– Provide patches

11. • Become a committer
– You will get the recognition.. Not your
organization… Its you…
– Right access to project Repository
• Not only Airavata…

12. Thank You