README.adoc

The OSS-Generic Reference Process

The OSS-Generic Reference Process described in this repo documents common practices among several OSS projects on GitHub, notably, TEAMMATES, SE-EDU projects, PowerPointLabs.

For new contributors

• Advice for OSS beginners

• Asking a Question

• Posting an Issue

• Submitting a PR

• Advanced Contributor Guidelines: Additional guidelines more experienced contributors are expected to follow.

General references

• Coding Standards

• 'How to' Guides: Detailed help on how to perform some common tasks such as editing a commit message.

• Formats and Conventions: Formats and conventions for PRs, Issues, Files, etc.

• Community Structure: Levels, roles, and responsibilities of dev community members.

For core members

• Reviewing PRs: Instructions for PR reviewers

• Merging PRs: Instructions for merging a PR

For lead members

• Overseeing Issue/PR Life Cycle: Instructions for team/area leads on overseeing issue/PR life cycles.

• Managing Releases: Instructions for managing releases, milestones, and project schedule.

• Defining Labels: Instructions for creating labels for the issue tracker.

Contributing to this repo

We welcome contributions. Just follow the instructions in the above links to submit your contributions as a PR.