The [[https://launchpad.net/maria|MariaDB project]] is hosted on
[[https://launchpad.net/maria|Launchpad]]. A good way to get started is to join
one of the Launchpad teams:
* The [[https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss|maria-discuss]] team and mailing list is for MariaDB users and general discussion. The archive can be found [[https://lists.launchpad.net/maria-discuss/|here]].
* The [[https://launchpad.net/~maria-docs|maria-docs]] team and mailing list
is for those interested in documentation for MariaDB. The archive can be found [[https://lists.launchpad.net/maria-docs/|here]].
* The [[https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers|maria-developers]] team and
mailing list is for those who want to contribute code to the project or
otherwise closely monitor MariaDB development. The archive can be found [[https://lists.launchpad.net/maria-developers/|here]].
* The [[https://launchpad.net/~maria-captains|maria-captains]] team is for
trusted developers who merge code into official trees.
Membership in these groups allows subscription to the associated mailing lists.
Membership in maria-captains also allows commits into the official MariaDB
source code trees.
The [[http://lists.askmonty.org/pipermail/commits|commit emails]] are sent to [[http://lists.askmonty.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/commits|commits@mariadb.org]]. Anyone can [[http://lists.askmonty.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/commits|subscribe to commit emails]]
or examine the [[http://lists.askmonty.org/pipermail/commits|commit archive]].
The core developers behind MariaDB are the
[[what-are-the-criteria-for-becoming-a-maria-captain|Maria-captains]]. They can
be found on [[https://launchpad.net/~maria-captains|Launchpad]]. Anyone with
enough technical skill level who wants to actively participate in MariaDB
development can be part of this team.
If you want to just want to keep up with the latest news, like new MariaDB
releases, you should [[http://mariadb.org|subscribe]] to the
[[http://mariadb.org|announce@mariadb.org]] announcement list (this is a low traffic, announce-only list). You can also examine the [[http://lists.askmonty.org/pipermail/announce|announce archive]].
You can also chat with other MariaDB users and developers live on [[IRC]].
You can also find a lot of MariaDB people at most open source conferences, like
[[http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2011|O'Reilly MySQL conference]],
[[http://www.oscon.com/oscon2010|OSCON]], and
[[http://opensourcebridge.org|Open Source bridge]]. See also the list of conferences attended by MariaDB developers from [[http://montyprogram.com/conference|Monty Program Ab]].
If you have a feature request, you can file it in [[Worklog]]. If you are
prepared to pay for the feature you can contact
[[http://montyprogram.com/nre/|Monty Program Ab]] to get a quote.
The [[http://kb.askmonty.org|MariaDB knowledge base]] is both a manual, FAQ,
and a place where you can ask and answer questions about specific MariaDB /
MySQL features.
The Maria project's official [[IRC]] channel is irc://irc.freenode.net/maria on
[[http://freenode.net/|Freenode]]. The channel
irc://irc.freenode.net/maria-meeting is used for official meetings. In the
interest of users, we hope not to have a separate channel for developers. Users
are asked to keep their best interests in mind when interacting with busy
developers in our big tent.
See also:
* [[log-of-mariadb-contributions|Log of MariaDB contributors]].
* [[http://kb.askmonty.org/stats/users/|Knowledgebase User Contribution Statistics]]
