Hi there,
My name is Kin Lau and I'm doing some study on open source projects. I
would like to take a look at PHP, but I'm having some difficulties
finding the all the information the web. I'd be much obliged if anyone
could provide any extra information on the questions/aspects for PHP
below. Just whatever you know for any of them, don't have to answer all
of them:
Questions:
-How do decision processes work in os projects? Is this also open to the
whole community?
-How is QA/testing done and why is it effective? (reputation in os is an
important aspect)
-How is reusability working and why is it so effective in open source?
-What are the incentives for developers in os development?
Aspects:
-Structure of development team (hierarchy)
-Distribution of development team
-Type of developers -> Employed? Students? Other individuals?
-Defect tracking
-QA
-Requirements
-Documentation
-Reviews
-Transparency
-Planning (versions, etc.. stable/unstable)
-Communication style/tools
-Change tracking
-Tools (web sites, builds, change management, newsgroups, forums, etc..)
-How successful is the feedback loop (contributions from outside core
team/company contributions)
Thank you very much for your time!
Sincerely,
- Kin