Thank you so much. I will get started. Will consult if stuck. Thanks, Ankit
On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Regina Henschel <rb.hensc...@t-online.de> wrote: > Hi Ankit, > > Ankit Tekriwal schrieb: > >> Hi Regina, >> >> Thanks for the response. >> I want to participate in the core development task. I want to start with >> bug fixing. (Prefered language C C++ Java) >> > > Bug fixing is greatly appreciated :) > > These are the next steps: > > * Our communication is done via dev-mailing list. Currently your mail has > bee moderated; that should not be necessary. So please subscribe to > dev@openoffice.apache.org. > > * You need to find an issue, in which you are interested. Some issues have > got the value "easy" or "simple" in the field "Developer difficulty" in > Bugzilla. You can search for that values. But there are other issues which > are easy too, but are not tagged as such. Do you have a favorite module > (Draw, Writer,...) or aspect (UI, filter, help, ...)? You can constrain the > search in Bugzilla to that. Do you know how to do an advanced search in > Bugzilla? Or do you want us to point you to an issue? > > * You need to get an own build of Apache OpenOffice. You will made your > changes locally, generate a patch, and attach the patch to the issue. There > are descriptions in the Wiki, how to build OpenOffice. We try to improve > the descriptions continually, but you will likely have questions when > building the first time. Please don't hesitate to ask on the mailing list. > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_ > Guide_AOO/Step_by_step > > Kind regards > Regina > > > >> Thanks, >> Ankit >> >> On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 7:23 PM, Regina Henschel <rb.hensc...@t-online.de >> > >> wrote: >> >> Hi Ankit, >>> >>> Ankit Tekriwal schrieb: >>> >>> Hi Everyone, >>>> >>>> I am Ankit Kumar Tekriwal from Bangalore, India. I am currently working >>>> in >>>> Adobe Systems India Pvt. Ltd. as a software engineer( White box tester). >>>> >>>> From past a few months I have been thinking to contribute on open >>>> source >>>> >>>>> >>>>> development. Today I was going through the open source communities and >>>> found that there are 140 projects that ASF currently works on and there >>>> is >>>> an enormous amount of opportunity here to work on. >>>> >>>> >>> Yes. It depends on your interests, which of the Apache project fits to >>> you. OpenOffice has an incredibly wide range of possibilities. You can >>> contribute to Quality Assurance, Documentation, Marketing, User Support, >>> Extension development and most wished Core development. Even in Core >>> development the task vary much. Besides bug fixing - an ongoing task -, >>> for >>> example implement filters, or complete the ODF features, or modernize the >>> code, or increase the performance. And all that for text documents, >>> spreadsheets, presentations, database backend, vector graphics, and >>> charts. >>> >>> >>> I am new to IT industry as I have joined Adobe a year back only. Please >>>> guide me in my initial steps. >>>> Exited to get started. >>>> >>>> >>> I'm sure you will find an area in Apache OpenOffice, which interests you. >>> Tell us what you are interested in and we will find a mentor to guide you >>> through the first steps. >>> >>> Kind regards >>> Regina >>> >>> >> >
