Community#

Here you can find all information about the OpenSTEF community.

Technical Steering Committee#

The Technical Steering Committee (TSC) is responsible for:

  1. General ambitions, objectives and goals of this project

  2. Guidelines and procedures and tool selection

  3. Architectural and (development) infrastructure choices

  4. Raise subjects/issues that are important for the direction/development of this project

The TSC consists of the following members:

  1. Jonas van den Bogaard

  2. Frank Kreuwel

  3. Jan Maarten van Doorn

  4. Frederik Stoel

  5. Daan van Es (chair)

  6. Maxime Fortin

  7. Bart Pleiter

Any community member or Contributor can ask that something be reviewed by the TSC by contacting the TSC at openstef@lfenergy.org.

More information, meeting notes and meeting links can be found in the TSC documentation.

More information on project governance can be found in the project governance documentation.

Maintainers#

Maintainers are responsible for maintaining parts of the code-base. Maintainers have the following responsibilities:

  1. Coordinate development activity

  2. Make sure code/documentation reviews are being done

  3. Coordinate pull-requests

  4. Coordinate bug follow-ups

  5. Coordinate questions

  6. In case of long discussions or arguments, maintainers or others can request a community council decision.

The current maintainers of this project are:

  1. Daan van Es

  2. Jan Maarten van Doorn

  3. Frederik Stoel

  4. Bart Pleiter

  5. Clara de Smet

  6. Egor Dmitriev

  7. Lars Schilders

Any community member or Contributor can ask a question or raise an issue to the maintainers by logging a GitHub issue.

Roadmap#

An actual overview of the OpenSTEF roadmap can be found in the OpenSTEF roadmap documentation.

Contributing#

OpenSTEF welcomes contributions in all forms!

For contributing guidelines, see our Contribute guide.

If you found a bug or would like to request a feature, please open an issue.

During the four-weekly community meetings, we discuss progress, refine open issues, and explore collaboration possibilities. This meeting is open for anyone that is interested. More details and meeting links can be found in the community meetings documentation.

Support#

There are a few ways to connect with the OpenSTEF project:

  • Join the #openstef channel, which is part of the LF Energy Slack workspace. * Depending on your work e-mail address, you may need to be invited in order to join the Slack workspace. If this is the case, please e-mail openstef@lfenergy.org. We are happy to invite you.

  • Send a direct message to one of the most recent contributors.

  • Submit an issue at GitHub.

  • Join the four-weekly community meeting. You can find information, including meeting invite links, on our wiki page.

How to ask for help#

If you have trouble installing, building, or using OpenSTEF, but there’s no reason yet to suspect you have encountered a genuine bug, start by posting a question to the Slack channel. This is the place for questions such as “How do I…”.

How to report a bug or request an enhancement#

This project manages bugs and enhancements using the GitHub issue tracker. The issue template will guide you on making an effective report.

How to report a security vulnerability#

If you think you have found a potential vulnerability in this project, please e-mail openstef@lfenergy.org to responsibly disclose it.