From announce-return-4432-archive-asf-public=cust-asf.ponee.io@apache.org Mon Mar 5 16:01:15 2018 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-asf-public@cust-asf.ponee.io Delivered-To: archive-asf-public@cust-asf.ponee.io Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by mx-eu-01.ponee.io (Postfix) with SMTP id 25DEA180608 for ; Mon, 5 Mar 2018 16:01:14 +0100 (CET) Received: (qmail 82417 invoked by uid 500); 5 Mar 2018 15:01:10 -0000 Mailing-List: contact announce-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list announce@apache.org Delivered-To: moderator for announce@apache.org Received: (qmail 80295 invoked by uid 99); 5 Mar 2018 15:00:41 -0000 X-ME-Sender: Message-Id: <1520262039.1262206.1291996272.673A9201@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Sally Khudairi To: Apache Announce List MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-b86e6959 Subject: Success at Apache: Open Innovation from a Non-native English Country Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 10:00:39 -0500 [this post is available online at https://s.apache.org/lh61 ] by Von Gosling When I saw the "Success at Apache" series, I thought about writing somethin= g about my, being from a non-native English country, Open Source experience= these past few years. Last year, RocketMQ graduated from the Apache Incuba= tor and became one of the Apache Top-Level Projects. As one of the original= co-founders of RocketMQ, I was proud to see an Open Source community from = Apache RocketMQ that has an ever-growing diversity. The Apache Software Fou= ndation (ASF), one of the most famous and great technology brands, has thou= sands of companies=E2=80=99 software infrastructure based on their projects= . This is proven from the worldwide download mirror activity in ASF statist= ics. As an early implementer/pioneer of Open Source in China, Apache HTTP S= erver, Apache Tomcat, Apache Struts 1.x, and Apache Maven are my favorite s= oftware stacks when I worked for building distributed and high-performance = websites. Last year, I wrote an article about the road to the Apache TLP, which is pu= blished in China=E2=80=99s InfoQ. Some people asked me how to be more =E2= =80=98Apache=E2=80=99 and how to build a more diverse community. These are = the questions that many people are concerned about. In this blog post, I wi= ll address how to be more collaborative around the world, especially in non= -native English countries. Open Communication With more and more instant messaging apps coming up in Android and IOS worl= d, the younger generation prefers to communicate using such way, which has = spread to the daily coding life for the majority of people. But, it is not = search engine friendly and in most cases it does not support multi-channel = for multi-language. I have been involved in many such local technology grou= ps, together we have discussed what went wrong, explored ideas about how to= solve it, and come up with a good solution together. This method worked fo= r all my past projects, but when we hope to be more involved in Open Source= around the world, that method does not work well. I remember clearly when = RocketMQ began to discuss the process for its proposal, some people complai= ned about what we have to do in the local community. We learned much about = from this discussion in the community, and thus, found an effective solutio= n. Hence in the Apache RocketMQ community, we encourage users to ask the qu= estion using the user email list. In order to make the communication proces= s effective, we answer the question in the same language of the question. W= ith more and more committers coming from different countries, this solution= will help to grow the more diverse community. But, as John Ament said in a= nother "Success at Apache" post https://s.apache.org/x9Be --open communicat= ion isn't for everything. We also allow private communication between the u= sers and us as some questions might not be proper to discuss publicly. But = that isn't a part of the decision making process. Likewise, anytime we're t= alking about individuals in either a positive or negative way should be con= ducted on the private list for a project. Easy ways to be involved in the community This is another top concern in the Open Source world. Some people may not k= now that in China there are many local communities about Apache Projects, s= uch as Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat, Apache Spark, and Apache Hadoop. = Such Projects have corresponding Chinese documentations. On the other hand,= we try our best to improve the English documents. We consider the messages= behind every document page. If one finds a minor or big native narrative p= olish, one could leave a message, or send feedback to our dev or user email= list. Besides documentation, we also hold programming marathons in the com= munity irregularly to get more involved with the community. We could find m= ore users who have more interest, especially cross-domain technology in suc= h campaigns. Recently, we open sourced more tasks in the Google Summer of C= ode. Students will develop Open Source software full-time for three months.= We will provide mentoring and project ideas, and in return have the chance= to get new code developed and --most importantly-- to identify and bring i= n new committers. It is another chance to let PMC members know how to impro= ve and let more students get involved in the community easily. In China, Internet giants like Alibaba are devoting themselves into Open So= urce projects hence according to my personal experience, it made sense to h= elp more excellent Chinese projects to come into the Incubator. Right befor= e the Lunar New Year, another famous project from China, Dubbo, started its= Apache journey. I am glad to be a local mentor and hope to continue to sha= re what we have learned. Thanks to the ASF, more and more Open Source proje= cts will benefit our daily coding. That is a great appeal around the world= =E2=80=99s Open Source field. Von Gosling is a senior technology manager working at Alibaba Group. He has= extensive industry software development experience, especially in distribu= ted tech., reliable Web architecture and performance tuning. He holds many = patents in the distributed system, recommendation etc. he has been a freque= nt speaker at Open Source and architect conferences worldwide including Apa= cheCon and QCon. He has been the lead for messaging at Alibaba as well as t= he Tenth and Sixteenth CJK OSS Award recipient. He is the original Apache R= ocketMQ co-founder and Linux OpenMessaging Standard Initiator. =3D =3D =3D "Success at Apache" is a monthly blog series that focuses on the processes = behind why the ASF "just works". 1) Project Independence https://s.apache.o= rg/CE0V 2) All Carrot and No Stick https://s.apache.org/ykoG 3) Asynchronou= s Decision Making https://s.apache.org/PMvk 4) Rule of the Makers https://s= .apache.org/yFgQ 5) JFDI --the unconditional love of contributors https://s= .apache.org/4pjM 6) Meritocracy and Me https://s.apache.org/tQQh 7) Learnin= g to Build a Stronger Community https://s.apache.org/x9Be 8) Meritocracy. h= ttps://s.apache.org/DiEo 9) Lowering Barriers to Open Innovation https://s.= apache.org/dAlg 10) Scratch your own itch. https://s.apache.org/Apah 11) Wh= at a Long Strange (and Great) Trip It's Been https://s.apache.org/gVuN 12) = A Newbie's Narrative https://s.apache.org/A72H 13) Contributing to Open Sou= rce even with a high-pressure job https://s.apache.org/lM9O 14) Open Innova= tion from a Non-native English Country https://s.apache.org/lh61 # # #=20 NOTE: you are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the anno= unce@apache.org distribution list. 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