How to Participate in CNCF Open Source Projects and Become a Maintainer
Talkat KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit China 2021 · on Thursday, 2021-12-09· at 13:15· Kubecon + CloudNativeCon 演讲厅, 虚拟会议 (Virtual)·
summary
Covers how to join CNCF-hosted open source projects (like Kubernetes, Prometheus, Envoy) and progress from contributor to maintainer. Explains concrete participation paths — including non-code contributions — and step-by-step actions to advance within project communities.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Start
- 0:10About Me
- 3:21Open Source and Free Software
- 5:22My Open Source Journey
- 14:23Communicating via Mailing Lists
- 16:41Other Communication Tools
- 17:54A Good Start is Very Important
- 19:12Reading the Contribution Guide
- 19:54Forking Project Tips
- 22:37Documentation
- 23:37Bug Report
- 27:29Traits of a Good Opener
- 29:26开源项目的核心竞争力从来都不是代码
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