On 12/08/2009 10:27 AM, Julio Oliveira wrote:
Hello Lyx Team,
I would like to join the Lyx development, if possible.
Great! We need all the help we can get.
I have very good to excelent skills in C and C++ programming, and I have
good skills in Python.
Even better.
My major interest is to improve my Python proficiency, so I would be glad to
join any Python related development (bugs or new features).
Unfortunately, there's not all that much of this. LyX uses python in
certain ways, but most of it is fairly simple interfacing stuff. The one
thing that does need doing is for the layout2layout.py script to be
cleaned up, but Guenter Milde is already working on this. So the work
that needs doing right now is mostly C++ stuff. Bug fixing and any new
features you feel motivated to work on. Along the way, you will run into
python stuff, but the main work is all in C++.
I already got the code downloaded, and I am studying it, but I would be glad
to know:
1) How does the assignment of tasks occurs ?
There's no formal assignment process. Everyone more or less does what
they want. I guess it's good to start by fixing bugs in areas of the
code that interest you. And asking a lot of questions.
2) Is there a todo list where I can find bugs to be fixed and new features to
be implemented?
This is all on our bug tracker, here: http://www.lyx.org/trac/timeline,
then click on "tickets" or something like that. It seems to be down at
the moment, or I'd give you more details.
3) Once that I got a task to solve, is it locked to me, or do other people work
in parallel?
If you're working on a bug, you might post that fact to trac, but it's
pretty rare to get overlap there. (Wouldn't it be nice if we had that
many developers?) If you want to work on some large-scale feature, then
it's probably best to discuss the design on the list first, anyway, and
then people will know what you are doing.
4) How do I commit code that I improved? Who checks it?
Post patches to this list. People will look it over and ask for changes
or commit it for you. After a while, you'll get commit rights of your
own, and then you can just commit little things or things you are sure
about, or else post more complicated things or things you don't really
know so much about for comment.
Richard
