Hi, Mani Sarkar and I would like to propose the talk described below for the Java DevJam FOSDEM room this year. Best wishes, Daniel Title: From Webrev to Betterrev: Facilitating Contributions to OpenJDK for the GitHub Generation Abstract: With the rise of GitHub and the recent move of the Eclipse foundation to a social coding model, more and more people are wondering why participation in OpenJDK isn’t keeping up with the times. A small group of people from the London Java Community (LJC) and Adopt OpenJDK are trying to solve this problem by building Betterrev, a platform that will reduce barriers to entry for participation in OpenJDK and also improve visibility of contributions. This presentation will highlight our motivations for the Betterrev project, the primary goals (and proposed roadmap), and our current progress. Our intent is that all attendees will be excited by the potential benefits that the social-coding philosophy could bring to the OpenJDK, and will be encouraged to generously volunteer their time and skills to help push the development of Betterrev forward, with the ultimate goal of creating a highly social ecosystem around contributions to a free Java. Recording: Recording of Daniel and Mani on audio and/or video is (1) acceptable under a CC-By-SA-3.0-USA license Bios: Daniel Bryant has participated in many open-source projects over the past 10 years, and is currently a core contributor (and self-proclaimed evangelist) for the Adopt OpenJDK Betterrev project. By day Daniel works as a hands-on CTO for an ecommerce startup in London, and by night he enjoys engaging with the global developer community. He has a passion for sharing his knowledge through blog posts, writing articles for well known technology websites and also presenting at international conferences, including promoting OpenJDK and Betterrev at JavaOne, Devoxx and LJCConf in 2013. Daniel is an active leader in the London Java Community (LJC), and sits on the LJC JCP committee, participates in the meet-a-mentor program and assists in running hack days. He also enjoys experimenting with practical implementations of Artificial Intelligence, having gained a PhD in this field during his misspent youth as an academic. Mani Sarkar is a passionate Java/JVM developer currently living and working in London, UK. He is an LJC advocate and evangelist to the @adoptopenjdk & @adoptajsr programs, a JCP Member, and an OpenJDK contributor (who has submitted a number of patches, and is also a core contributor to the Betterev project). Mani is also a strong supporter of software craftsmanship principles like BDD and TDD, and is a practitioner of techniques such as pair-programming and code reviews. He is an active member of a number of developer communities, and shares his passion for open source technologies by blogging and presenting at conferences and hands-on workshops all over the globe. Recently Mani has been spreading the good word about Adopt OpenJDK and Betterrev at OpenFest in Bulgaria, Devoxx in Belgium and LJCConf in the UK. He will be speaking at Java2Days in Bulgaria during Dec 2013 & JavaLand in Germany during March 2014. Microblogs: https://twitter.com/taidevcouk https://twitter.com/theNeomatrix369 Blog URLs: https://taidevcouk.wordpress.com/ http://neomatrix369.wordpress.com/