[BEAM-8798] Contributing docs omit many steps

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: P3
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.16.0
• Component/s: website
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Elliotte Rusty Harold
• Created: 21/Nov/19 11:39
• Updated: 04/Jun/22 14:30

Description

So far I've noticed the following packages and tools that are not available by default on a Debian system, need to be installed to build and test beam, and are not yet mentioned in all our docs:

• tox
• Go
• Python (which versions?)
• Docker

There might be more. The docs such as README.md should be updated to include these. This covers README.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/BEAM/Contributor+FAQ, and https://beam.apache.org/contribute/

That we have four such docs is itself an issue. We should probably consolidate these.