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The OFBiz project will next release 2 products: the framework (which for now includes applications) and the plugins. It is the responsibility of committers to maintain both products. So committers should checkout the framework and include the plugins using the Gradle pullAllPluginsSource.

It is the also responsibility of committers to help fellow contributors to achieve a successful resolution of issues in JIRA.

Committers should try, as much as possible, to avoid that patch files submitted to issues grow stale. It is a waste of effort and precious time on the part of a fellow contributor when patches grow stale, as rework needs to be done. Timely evaluation of patch files prevents the need for rework and re-evaluation. Showing interest in the work of fellow contributors builds better relationships and a healty community.

When doing so, an efficient rule of thumb for productivity is the Ten minutes rule: if you can commit a patch in less than 10 minutes then just do it! Of course not all the day long.

Another important responsibility of a committer is participating in voting, especially the ones for new releases..