= The BOINC development process = BOINC development is done by BOINC staff, by the staff of various BOINC-based projects, and by volunteer programmers. Development is divided into several areas. Each area is managed by an 'owner'. || '''Area''' || '''Owner''' || '''Key contributors''' || || API || Bruce Allen || Bernd Machenschalk || || BOINC Manager || Rom Walton || || Core client || David Anderson || John !McLeod, Carl Christensen || || Mac OS X || Charlie Fenton || || Testing and release management || Rom Walton || Jens Seidler || || Server || Bruce Allen || David Anderson || || Translations of GUI and web text || Jens Seidler || || Unix build system || Reinhard Prix || Eric Korpela || || Web features || Rytis Slatkevicius || || Windows installer and screensaver || Rom Walton || The BOINC development, testing and release process is shown below. Ovals represent people, rectangles represent information channels. A, B, C, D and E represent the different BOINC development areas. 'Owner A' represents the person who owns area A, as shown above. [[Image(http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev_flow.png)]] == Participants == * Report bugs (or learn of workarounds) on the BOINC message boards. * Learn of new releases on the BOINC web site. * Note: we need ways of 'pushing' info to participants, e.g. via the Manager. == Area owners == * Reads the relevant BOINC message board on a regular basis. Decides if new bugs are present. Adds entries to the BOINC/Trac bug database. * Monitors the relevant categories of the BOINC/Trac bug database. Manages entries (delete, merge, prioritize, assign). == Developers == * Are assigned tasks via BOINC/Trac. == Alpha testers == * The [/email_lists.php boinc_alpha email list] is used to give instructions, and for discussion of tests and procedures. * If find bugs, log them in BOINC/Trac. * Use web-based interface for submitting test summaries. == Release manager == * Decide when to create test releases; communicate with alpha testers via [/email_lists.php email list]. * Decide when to make public releases, based on web-based reports and on contents of BOINC/Trac.