Working Groups are a way for Ansible community members to self-organize around particular topics of interest.
The basic components of a working group:
- A group name and charter (why the group exists);
- A registered IRC channel on freenode (will usually be #ansible-groupname);
- A group of users (at least two!) who will be driving the agenda of the working group;
- Dedicated wiki space.
The basic responsibilities of a working group:
- Be responsive on your IRC channel;
- Report semi-regularly on the cool stuff that your working group is working on;
- Keep your wiki space clean!
Anyone can request to start a Working Group, for any reason.
Cut and paste the following text into an issue, and replace the examples in brackets with your own working group info:
WORKING GROUP NAME: [ Example: unicorn ]
WORKING GROUP PURPOSE:
[ Example: This working group is to review ]
[ all Unicorn-related modules ]
[ ]
(keep it short and sweet)
AT LEAST TWO INITIAL WORKING GROUP MEMBERS:
[ IRC: gregdek / GitHub: @gregdek ]
[ IRC: rbergeron / GitHub: @robynbergeron ]
[ ]
(provide the IRC nicks AND GitHub IDs of your working group members, one name per line please)
We will ask you a few more questions if anything is unclear.
Once we have enough information, we will set up the following infrastructure:
- An IRC channel on freenode named "#ansible-yourgroupname", properly registered and op'd;
*!*@ansible/owner/* +AORefiorstv!*@ansible/staff/* +Oo
- A working group directory for your use;
- Membership in the ansible/community GitHub repo for working group members;
- A label in the issue tracker to identify issues/PRs for your working group;
- Dedicated wiki space.