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<h1>Gemini JPA Committers Guide</h1>

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<p class=MsoNormal>Welcome to Gemini JPA! As a committer you have demonstrated
that you are not only interested in the project but are willing to contribute
some of your time and energy to improving and advancing it. Thanks for that.</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>This page contains some hints and helps to get you up to
speed and on your way.</p>

<h3>Communication</h3>

<p class=MsoNormal>Gemini is a multi-faceted project, with multiple subprojects
that work together. The most important way to achieve this is to ensure there
is regular communication not only with other team members but with members of
the other teams. This is achieved in 3 different ways:</p>

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tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><![endif]>Project Conference Calls</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'>The Gemini team has a regular
conference call that is open to both committers and community members alike
(although in practice consumers rarely join). Comitters are strongly encouraged
to be on this call as it is the primary way that important issues are discussed
and resolved. See the wiki <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Gemini/Meetings">http://wiki.eclipse.org/Gemini/Meetings</a>
for the call details, agenda for the next call, and minutes of previous calls. </p>

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tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><![endif]>Gemini Dev List</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'>The dev list can be used to ask
questions or bring up issues to the Gemini JPA subproject or the Gemini project
at large. Committers should subscribe to the dev list (<a
href="https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/gemini-dev">https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/gemini-dev</a>)
and participate in the discussions.</p>

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tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]>3)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><![endif]>Bugzilla threads</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'>Bugzilla is used to track bugs and
issues and there are often bug-related discussions. Avoid having these
discussions in email since the discussion has value worth capturing and should
be associated with and locatable from the bug under discussion. </p>

<h3>External Contributions</h3>

<p class=MsoNormal>External code must come through the Eclipse IP process (<a
href="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/EclipseLegalProcessPoster.pdf">http://www.eclipse.org/legal/EclipseLegalProcessPoster.pdf</a>).
Bugs must be filed by the contributor, with the code attached. Contributers
should have been the primary authors of the code, and the code should be
approved by the project lead before being committed to the repo.</p>

<h3>Committing Code</h3>

<p class=MsoNormal>All code that is being committed to the Gemini JPA repo
should have an associated bug or enhancement request in Bugilla. The code
should be revewed by another member of the team and have appropriate tests in
place before being committed. </p>

<h3>Project Builds</h3>

<p class=MsoNormal>Builds are done by individual developers using Eclipse. To
build Gemini JPA import the Eclipse project in the org.eclipse.gemini.jpa
folder and build from within Eclipse. </p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>The Gemini JPA team is not currently big enough to
experience checkin collisions, but this highlights the importance of
communication. If a checkin collision should occur, contact the team member you
are colliding with and work out a suitable solution. It will likely just
involve doing a simple managed merge.</p>

<h3>Dependencies</h3>

<p class=MsoNormal>Gemini JPA depends on EclipseLink so the most recent
versions of the EclipseLink bundles should be obtained. The OSGi JPA classes
are also required and are checked in the repo. Potential new dependencies
should be discussed on the dev list before entering CQ requests.</p>

<h3>Decision Making</h3>

<p class=MsoNormal>We try (and have been successful up to this point) to
achieve consensus around any issues and decisions that come up. This implies
that there be flexibility on the part of all those involved. Stances taken
based on pride or preconception are not productive and only serve to make
issues more difficult to resolve. </p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>In the event that a decision cannot be reached by consensus
then a simple polling of the committers will be taken, with the project lead
having the right to exercise a veto.</p>

<h3>Release Process</h3>

<p class=MsoNormal>Releases should be discussed and included in the project
plan. The release process must include an Eclipse release review as dictated by
<a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Development_Resources/HOWTO/Release_Reviews">http://wiki.eclipse.org/Development_Resources/HOWTO/Release_Reviews</a>.</p>

<h3>Resources</h3>

<p class=MsoNormal>A number of developer resources are available on the Eclipse
wiki: <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Development_Resources">http://wiki.eclipse.org/Development_Resources</a>.
</p>

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