State of the Puppet Community - PuppetConf 2012

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1. James Turnbull, Dawn Foster, Andy Parker | Puppet Labs james@puppetlabs.com dawn@puppetlabs.com andy@puppetlabs.com State of the Community
2. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Me •  Wrote some stuff •  VP Technical Ops at Puppet Labs •  Funny accent •  Film fan
3. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Favorite film?
4. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Awwww!
5. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Agenda •  Introductions •  The state of the community •  Initiatives •  Ask not what your community can do for you •  Questions
6. New faces Introductions
7. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Introductions
8. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Dawn Foster •  2nd day at Puppet Labs as Community Manager •  Previous Open Source Community Manager: Tizen, MeeGo, Openfire, others •  Early Career: Sys Admin, Programmer, Market Researcher, Program Manager •  Education: BS in Computer Science, MBA •  Getting Started (1st month): Lurking, learning and working on published community metrics •  Info: dawn@puppetlabs.com, @geekygirldawn, DawnFoster (IRC), fastwonderblog.com
9. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Andy Parker •  Puppet Team Lead •  Software Developer •  One time (long ago) cfengine user •  Cyclist •  New to open source development •  Come talk to me! •  Info: andy@puppetlabs.com, zaphod42 (IRC)
10. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Eric Sorenson •  Puppet Platform Product Owner •  SysAdmin at a large Cupertino fruit company •  Mad keen cyclist •  Go talk to him! •  Info: eric.sorenson@puppetlabs.com, eric0 (IRC)
11. Lies, damn lies, and statistics Show me the metrics!
12. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs The year that was… •  Puppet user mailing list membership was 3000 •  With about 600 messages a month •  The #puppet IRC channel averaged 400 people •  Puppet on GitHub had 200 forks and 400 watchers •  We had 50 modules on the Forge
13. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs The year that is… •  Puppet users mailing list membership is almost 5000 •  With 1200 messages a month •  The #puppet IRC channel averages 800 people •  Puppet on GitHub has 350 forks and 950 watchers •  We have over 500 modules on the Forge
14. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Inconceivable!
15. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
16. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs But what about the Rodents of Unu^H^H Errr…. Development?
17. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs How much is going on? 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 475 1123 1205 1265 930 1254 2464 2447 Commits
18. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs But who is doing all this? 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 3 6 19 34 41 50 80 99 158 187 63 37 22 25 30 24 Contributors Commits/Contributor
19. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs What does it all add up to? 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 21,635 50,497 76,891 89,304 103,118 108,636 137,743 141,126 12 42 58 82 77 86 108 116 SLOC # Providers
20. For the Puppet community So what’s next?
21. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Initiatives •  Questions and Answers •  More responsive •  More metrics •  More awesome
22. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Q&A site •  Not everyone likes mailing lists •  Leverage success of sites like Stackoverflow
23. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs More responsive •  We suck sometimes •  We’re getting better •  Really.
24. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs More responsive Call us out if we’re not!
25. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs More metrics •  It’s cool to understand how many of you there are •  It’s even cooler to try to understand who you are •  We’d like to actually know what you want! •  We want to be transparent and accountable
26. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs More awesome •  Talk to us •  Complain to us •  Give us feedback we can action •  Help us out!
27. can do for you but what you can do for your community Ask not what your community
28. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs The Puppet Community We want you!
29. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs We need your help! •  Documentation •  Facter •  Code & Tests (and Testing) •  Modules!
30. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Documentation •  Docs site: http://docs.puppetlabs.com •  GitHub: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-docs •  Redmine: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet- docs •  Open a ticket! Or better fix a ticket! •  Send us a pull request •  Profit!
31. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Facter •  Have a platform Facter doesn’t know about? •  Have a resource or infrastructure component you’d like exposed? •  Test coverage == teh awesome •  GitHub: https://github.com/puppetlabs/facter •  Redmine: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/facter
32. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Modules •  Share and publish your modules •  Fork and develop modules •  Module bounties! •  Module A, B, and C •  Forge: http://forge.puppetlabs.com/
33. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Code & Testing •  Triage Puppet bugs and features •  Write code •  Write tests •  Test releases!
34. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs I can do that?
35. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Yes you bloody well can
36. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Get some tips •  Getting Started with Contributing to Puppet and Facter •  Hailee, Tesca and Ruth •  Meeting Room 1 at 1.15pm
37. Questions
38. # puppetconf # puppetize @ puppetlabs Oh and BTW…. •  PuppetCamp Nuremberg •  October 19th, 2012 •  http://www.netways.de/puppetcamp
39. Thank you! © All images copyright Princess Bride Ltd.