ITK policies describe the rules or guidelines for elements of the ITK software engineering process. Procedures describe how to implement these rules or guideline. Each policy includes either a procedure or has a corresponding page describing the procedure. This document organizes the policies and procedures in a single location.

A study of the Debian open source governance is described here.

Backward Compatibility

• Backward Compatibility Policy

• Backward Compatibility White Paper

• Backward Compatibility Open Discussion

• Deprecation Procedure

Design Principles

• Design Principles

Coding Style

• Coding Style Guidelines

• Procedure for Checking Style

Code Coverage

• Code Coverage Practices

Dynamic Analysis

• Dynamic Analysis Practices

Reporting and Fixing Bugs

• Policy and Procedures for Reporting and Fixing Bugs

• Updated procedure for contributing through git

Contributing

• Policy and Procedures for Adding Developers

• Policy and Procedures for Adding Dashboards

• Policy and Procedures for Adding New Code

• Policy and Procedures for Adding Tests

• Policy and Procedures for Adding Test Data

• Policy and Procedures for Adding Remote Modules

Generating a Release

• Release Schedule
• Procedure for Generating a Release

Internationalization

Policy and Procedures for Internationalization

Other Policies (Probably should be moved)

• Build Instructions for Developers
• Procedure for Contributing New Classes and Algorithms
• Procedure for Contributing Bug Fixes
• Procedure for Adding a Test
• ITK Git Instructions