Tending Your Open Source Garden, v2

1. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cress_keyboard-3_sprouting_other_side.jpg Garden @BKEEPERS TENDING YOUR OPEN SOURCE !
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_gnome_liberationists "bkeepers
3. Gardening Software Open Source
4. Gardening
5. I ♥ ⚘
6. I ♥ ⚘
7. I ♥ ⚘
8. G A R D E N V 3 . 0
9. growing good food & eating good food
11. Share the harvest
12. an exercise in resource allocation
17. GARDENS CREATE COMMUNITY
18. Software https://www.flickr.com/photos/91663396@N00/7080354723
19. http://vimeo.com/43628932 I like software B E C A U S E I like gardening
20. http://vimeo.com/43628932 I like software B E C A U S E I like gardening
21. SOFTWARE CREATES COMMUNITY
22. https://www.flickr.com/photos/antoinettevanderieth/8753016923
23. Open Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/antoinettevanderieth/8753016923
24. I’m not talking about farming… https://www.flickr.com/photos/messycupcakes/7722551044/
25. …or land management. https://www.flickr.com/photos/47096398@N08/7462466876
26. Steve Klabnik http://words.steveklabnik.com/how-to-be-an-open-source-gardener
27. I’m talking about gardening
28. What can GARDENING teach us about OPEN SOURCE? https://www.flickr.com/photos/nateswartphoto/5623220460
29. CONSISTENCY & DILIGENCE
30. Follow your own contribution guidelines.
31. Invite people in.
33. Be hospitable.
34. Give it time. https://www.flickr.com/photos/onegiantleap/4124211492
36. Only add features that you want to maintain.
37. B E W A R E O F P E S T S https://www.flickr.com/photos/eldave/3332622539
47. +1
48. +1
49. +1
51. Tests guard against erosion.
52. Continuous integration gives contributors confidence.
53. Remove features that you don’t want to maintain.
54. dotenv-deployment
55. Provide plugin APIs
57. Use semantic versioning https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/8384524415 1.2.6 minor patch major semver.org
58. Use semantic versioning https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/8384524415 1.2.6 minor patch major } backwards-compatibile bug fixes semver.org
59. Use semantic versioning https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/8384524415 1.2.6 minor patch major } backwards-compatible functionality semver.org
60. Use semantic versioning https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/8384524415 1.2.6 minor patch major } incompatible API changes semver.org
61. Deprecate features in minor versions, remove them in major versions https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/8384524415
62. 1.x.x https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfischer/8384524415 if using_deprecated_feature? warn "[DEPRECATION] This feature has been " + "deprecated and will be removed in 2.0.", caller[0] # deprecated functionality here end
63. Keep a changelog. http://bit.ly/1mfVB3d
64. Changelog.md http://bit.ly/1mfVB3d
65. Give it away when it stops being fun.
66. …unless you still depend on it.
69. LET IT DIE when it stops producing
73. learn from your MISTAKES
74. Thank You " bkeepers