Proposed talk for Java DevJam Room - 'From Webrev to Betterrev'

[Daniel Bryant]

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.


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