Developer Guidelines

[mkarg]

As a new committer I like to follow all rules of this project. Where can I find developer guidelines, e. g. how many approvals I need before I may merge a contribution, how long to wait for vetos, who is updating the roadmap and when, what branches are good for what target, etc. Is there a developer guide document in the wiki?

[pratikrath126]

Hey! I ran into a similar situation on other Eclipse/EE4J projects. The first place to check is the repo’s CONTRIBUTING.md (linked just below the editor), since that’s usually where review/approval rules, branch usage, and process docs live. For Jersey, that’s typically the canonical source.

If you’re looking for deeper workflow details (approval counts, veto windows, roadmap ownership), those are often documented in the project’s Governance or the Eclipse Foundation development process docs rather than the repo itself. Sometimes there’s also a GitHub Projects board or milestones that serve as the roadmap.

If you don’t find it in CONTRIBUTING.md, it might be worth asking in the jersey-dev mailing list or opening a follow-up discussion asking where the team tracks governance/roadmap rules. That way you can get a definitive pointer from the maintainers.

Hope that helps you locate the right docs!

[mkarg]

Thank you for your kind answer. I already knew what CONTRIBUTING.md is and checked all referenced documentation, which is why I started this discussion. So actually I already did what you suppose in the end...