Mer/Sprints

Mer

We employ the Maemo.org sprints method as development method for Mer. That means, get yourself a maemo.org account, and read this document through if you would like to contribute :)

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How do I participate in Mer?

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Main article: Mer/People


How to be a Mer contributor

Most Mer development talk goes on in #mer on irc.freenode.net. If you do not have an IRC client, try Mibbit. We use microblogging for keeping eachother aware of activities (do sign up for this if you haven't already after signing up for Mer work.

Routine of Mer contributions

Mer contributor procedure:

  • When (you have free time to spare)
    • Read current sprint page and see if there are any tasks you would like to take on and you are capable of
      • If yes, contact the mentor in charge of the area and he'll note you as taking care of it. Go to Procedure for performing task X
    • Follow mer-chatter and see if there are any new tasks coming up you would like to take on, and if so, contact the mentor in charge of the area and he'll note you as taking care of it. Go to Procedure for performing task X

Procedure for performing task X:

    • While performing task X, you can always talk with your mentor about specifics
    • While performing task X, log to mer-chatter (see Awareness) what is happening with it, and update the sprint page regarding how far in % you are with it
    • When done, mark it as done on the sprint page, and indicate on mer-chatter that you finished doing it

No-one is going to assign you specific tasks and you take on the tasks by your own initiative - so a mentor is not as such your boss, but more of a helper to help you get your task done. You pitch in with what you'd like to contribute with.

Layout

The current method of sprints is:

  • Sprints run for 4 weeks at a time, where after 3 weeks the current progress in the Testing repository will be made into testing images and non-bug-fixes uploads to Testing are forbidden (feature freeze - work can still be done in Devel repository). After sprint completion, final images are built and release post posted along with achievements of the sprint.

Current sprint:

  • Mer Sprint 0.14: 18 May 2009 - 8 June (feature freeze), Testing period: 6 June 2009 - 15 June 2009

Completed sprints:

  • Mer Sprint 0.13: 27 April 2009 - 11 May 2009 (feature freeze), Testing period: 11 May 2009 - 18 May 2009
  • Mer Sprint 0.12: 6 April 2009 - 20 April 2009 (feature freeze), 27 April 2009 release.
  • Mer Sprint 0.11: 16 March 2009 - 30 March 2009 (feature freeze), 6 April 2009 release.
  • Mer Sprint 0.10: 2 March (start) - 16 March 2009 (did not result in a proper release)
  • Mer Sprint 0.9: 16 February (start) - 2 March 2009 (release)
  • Mer Sprint 0.8: 1 February (start) - 16 February 2009 (release)
  • Mer Sprint 0.7: 18 January (start) - 1 February 2009 (release)
  • Mer Sprint 0.6: -18 January 2009 (release)

Planned sprints: