<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br></div><div># TL;DR</div><div><br></div><div>If you'd like to get more exposure to Kata, please consider adding your name to the PR reviewer rota here:</div><div><br></div><div>- <a href="https://github.com/kata-containers/community/wiki/Review-Team-Rota">https://github.com/kata-containers/community/wiki/Review-Team-Rota</a></div><div>  (<span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">If you don't have permission to do this, please let us know [1]).</span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">As shown, there are a few gaps which are just waiting for you to put your name in! :)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div># Myth busting</div><div><br></div><div>- You don't need to be a repo maintainer<br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">- You don't have to have done it before :)</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">- You *can* do it again :)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">- There is no limit on the number of folk on the rota for a particular week</span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">  If someone already has their name down, you can add yours too! [2].</span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">  Ideally, we'd have lots of folk on the rota every week in all the different regions.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">- You don't need to have read the PR review guide (although it should help)</span></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">  It's just a guide and offers some thoughts on things to look out for.</span></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">- You don't have to spend the entire week doing it</div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">  We appreciate any time you can offer to help clear the PR backlogs.</div><br></span></div><div><br></div><div>And finally to the biggest myth of them all...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div>- You most certainly do *NOT* need to be an expert in golang or Kata<br></div><div><br></div><div>   All contributions are appreciated. Further, we encourage everyone to ask as many "silly questions" on PRs as possible. <span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Such "silly questions" are invaluable in helping "shake out" what on earth the author was thinking at the time they wrote the code (or doc) and can provide extremely valuable feedback to them as they may have made incorrect assumptions.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div>  What we're striving for is of course correct code (and doc) but also code/doc that looks almost embarrassingly simple. If it looks too complex and/or the design/intent is not clear, the PR needs to be improved imho. We do this by gently guiding the author to a simpler, clearer result by asking questions and making suggestions (politely :)<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div># Reasons to help out</div><div><br></div><div>- Kudos of course!</div><div>- You'll be helping the project increase velocity (getting all those new features and bug fixes landed faster!)</div><div>- Learn more about how Kata works.</div><div>- Learn about our processes.</div><div>- Find areas that interest you.</div><div><br></div><div>  There are still a lot of "low-hanging fruit" issues if you're looking for an area to start contributing to:</div><div><br></div><div>  <a href="https://github.com/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+org%3Akata-containers+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22">https://github.com/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+org%3Akata-containers+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22</a></div><div>  <a href="https://github.com/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+org%3Akata-containers+label%3Abitesize">https://github.com/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+org%3Akata-containers+label%3Abitesize</a></div><div>  <a href="https://github.com/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+org%3Akata-containers+label%3A%22help+wanted%22">https://github.com/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+org%3Akata-containers+label%3A%22help+wanted%22</a></div><div><br></div><div>- Learn how to debug Kata.</div><div>- Learn how our CI works and how to debug issues.</div><div>- ... and did I mention all the Kudos you'll get? :)</div><div>- Kudos</div><div><br></div><div># Further info<br></div><div><br></div><div>- <a href="https://github.com/kata-containers/community/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md">https://github.com/kata-containers/community/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md</a></div><div><br></div><div>  (This one you do have to read and agree to :)</div><div><br></div><div>- <a href="https://github.com/kata-containers/community/blob/master/PR-Review-Guide.md">https://github.com/kata-containers/community/blob/master/PR-Review-Guide.md</a></div><div>- <a href="https://github.com/kata-containers/community/blob/master/Documentation-Review-Process.md">https://github.com/kata-containers/community/blob/master/Documentation-Review-Process.md</a></div><div>- <a href="https://github.com/kata-containers/community/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md">https://github.com/kata-containers/community/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md</a></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>James</div><div><br></div><div>[1] - <a href="https://github.com/kata-containers/community#join-us">https://github.com/kata-containers/community#join-us</a></div><div>[2] - <span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">To add multiple names to a github table cell, use "<br/>" like this:</span></div><div><br></div><div>       | users1 <br/> user2 <br/> user3 |<br clear="all"><div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;color:rgb(136,136,136)">---</span><br></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://katacontainers.io/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:monospace,monospace" target="_blank">https://katacontainers.io/</a><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:monospace,monospace"> | <a href="https://github.com/clearcontainers" target="_blank">https://github.com/kata-containers</a></span><font color="#888888"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></span></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#888888"><font face="monospace, monospace">Open Source Technology Center</font><br><font face="monospace, monospace">Intel Corporation (UK) Ltd. - Co. Reg. #1134945 - Pipers Way, Swindon SN3 1RJ.</font></font><br></div></div>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