# Public roadmap and a process to onboard contributors

**URL:** <https://discourse.libretime.org/t/public-roadmap-and-a-process-to-onboard-contributors/120>\
**Category:** Dev Talk\
**Created:** [March 15, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/public-roadmap-and-a-process-to-onboard-contributors/120 "2018-03-15T00:52:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![gusaus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.libretime.org/gusaus/32/42_2.png) [@gusaus](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/gusaus)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/public-roadmap-and-a-process-to-onboard-contributors/120/1 "2018-03-15T00:52:51Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [LibreTime Development Priorities](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/libretime-development-priorities/51/3):

> [@LibreTime Development Priorities](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/libretime-development-priorities/51/3):
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> Is there a public roadmap and a process defined for how to contribute, request features, or sponsor development?
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> Is there a need for people to help develop, maintain, and manage the project? If so, is there a specific place we should be directing and onboarding contributors?

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**Author:** ![gusaus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.libretime.org/gusaus/32/42_2.png) [@gusaus](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/gusaus)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/public-roadmap-and-a-process-to-onboard-contributors/120/2 "2018-10-11T01:48:20Z")

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Does anyone else think folks would benefit from a public roadmap and a more defined process for contributing? What about seeing if we can find someone able/interested in a few hours/wk of project management?

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**Author:** ![macbroadcast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@macbroadcast](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/macbroadcast)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 7:34am UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/public-roadmap-and-a-process-to-onboard-contributors/120/3 "2018-10-11T07:34:22Z")

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When you take a look at the github repo you will see that the lastest commit is from april 2017,so there is no “active development” or whatsoever, from my perspective the people who are involved in this project are mostly arguing about religious reasons to use slack or not, so i would suggest get a motivated developer from [https://www.fiverr.com](https://www.fiverr.com) and point out the most important features and enhancements that are nessesary to update the curent codebase.

Regards

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**Author:** ![frecuencialibre](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.libretime.org/frecuencialibre/32/102_2.png) [@frecuencialibre](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/frecuencialibre)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/public-roadmap-and-a-process-to-onboard-contributors/120/4 "2018-10-11T17:56:05Z")

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@macbroadcast if you’ve abandoned this project please stop posting here.

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**Author:** ![gusaus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.libretime.org/gusaus/32/42_2.png) [@gusaus](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/gusaus)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/public-roadmap-and-a-process-to-onboard-contributors/120/5 "2019-08-21T22:50:33Z")

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Bumping this up as there’s been an uptick in contributions from maintainers, interest from new contributors, and some early stage financial support via [https://opencollective.com/libretime](https://opencollective.com/libretime)

Is there still a need?

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**Author:** ![hairmare](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.libretime.org/hairmare/32/38_2.png) [@hairmare](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/hairmare)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/public-roadmap-and-a-process-to-onboard-contributors/120/6 "2019-08-21T23:31:03Z")

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How about [https://github.com/LibreTime/libretime/projects/2](https://github.com/LibreTime/libretime/projects/2) as some sorts of overview?

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**Author:** ![gusaus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.libretime.org/gusaus/32/42_2.png) [@gusaus](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/gusaus)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/public-roadmap-and-a-process-to-onboard-contributors/120/7 "2019-08-22T18:56:49Z")

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That’s a great overview! Not sure how many newcomers to the project (or even folks that already want to contribute) would even know to go there. Is there a section on ‘how to get invovled’ on [http://libretime.org](http://libretime.org) or the new site in the works? [https://github.com/LibreTime/libretime/pull/590](https://github.com/LibreTime/libretime/pull/590)

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**Author:** ![hairmare](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.libretime.org/hairmare/32/38_2.png) [@hairmare](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/hairmare)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/public-roadmap-and-a-process-to-onboard-contributors/120/8 "2019-08-23T13:25:12Z")

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> Is there a section on ‘how to get invovled’ on [http://libretime.org](http://libretime.org/) or the new site in the works?

Apart from the waaay to technical stuff in the main README.md not that I know of. This is certainly an area to improve.

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**Author:** ![gusaus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.libretime.org/gusaus/32/42_2.png) [@gusaus](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/gusaus)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/public-roadmap-and-a-process-to-onboard-contributors/120/9 "2019-08-23T21:03:43Z")

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> [@hairmare](#):
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> This is certainly an area to improve.

We probably should create a documentation task in gihub? Could actually be a good task for non coders who would like to get invovled!

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**Author:** ![gusaus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.libretime.org/gusaus/32/42_2.png) [@gusaus](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/gusaus)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/public-roadmap-and-a-process-to-onboard-contributors/120/10 "2019-08-28T21:36:27Z")

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> [@LibreTime services (and other ways to sustain the project)](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/libretime-services-and-other-ways-to-sustain-the-project/326/2):
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> This article [about CiviCRM](https://civicrm.org/blog/michaelmcandrew/paths-to-sustainability) may provide some inspiration and guidance with regards to how we can sustain the LibreTime project and a core team. These are some of the CiviCRM sustainability initiatives: [Make It Happen (MIH)](https://civicrm.org/make-it-happen) - campaigns to get or support new features that you’d like to see into the project but which hasn’t been included within core development [Support for bug fixes](https://civicrm.org/fix) - funding priority bug fixes [Paid Issue Queue](https://civicrm.org/paid-issue-queue) - letting people with the money jump the queue and get the fixes t…

Possibly we could incorporate some of these ideas on the new site?

- [LibreTime - Open Source Broadcasting & Radio Automation](https://ned-kelly.github.io/libretime-website/)
- [WIP: Pull the new front page website from ned-kelly by Robbt · Pull Request #590 · libretime/libretime · GitHub](https://github.com/LibreTime/libretime/pull/590)