Hi,
I have built OpenOffice successfully and have been looking at patches
and comparing the with the codebase that I cloned,
So now is it ok to ask what unfinished projects people are available
to mentor?
Thanks
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From: Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 02:49 AM
To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: University student looking for experience in contributing to the
Open Office project
On 18/10/2015 PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN wrote:
> I have also cloned the repository from svn so that I can look at the
> code changes as I look at the issues on bugzilla. I hope that this can
> get me some familiarity with the codebase.
It will, and it is a good way to start.
Do you prefer git? Just clone https://github.com/apache/openoffice (the
official mirror; code is OK, other features/stats are mostly broken). I
recommend the AOO410 branch since focus is on that for the rest of
October, until we release OpenOffice 4.1.2.
> I am working on a machine with Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10). I forgot
> to mention this in the previous email.
This is good! We definitely welcome more Mac developers.
> I am basically hoping that after getting to grips with the basics, I
> can get to working with someone as a mentor of sorts on a decent sized
> feature/module.
Finding something for you to complete is not very problematic, several
of us have two or three (or more!) projects that they will be able to do
but lack time to complete. So once you get the basics right, and you
have built OpenOffice successfully, ask back for ideas (of course ask
for help if you need help with the build!). This is better than the
other way round: we won't have mentors available for any ideas you might
have; it is easier for you to ask what unfinished projects
people are available to mentor.
> Also, is there a good GUI client for SVN? My beloved Source Tree
> seems to have issues with svn.
I've always used the command-line one. If you are more familiar with
git, just use the git mirror (or git-svn).
Regards,
Andrea.
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