# Some questions about PHP Dev. from an open source perspective

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- Started by Kin Lau on 2007-01-19T17:44:14+00:00
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## #27542 — Kin Lau — 2007-01-19T17:44:14+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/27542#27542

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