Hi @DSM! On Feb 9, 4:53 am, koffie <m.derickx.stud...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hej Doug, > > Nice list of bugs. I was wondering, might you be interested in > becoming a sage developer too?
+1 It's *really* not that hard :) I'd be happy to help you get started too, and in particular you could let me know when you need a reviewer for #3 or #2. The Developer's Guide is a great place to start -- I would make two modifications for someone who's fairly comfortable with writing code already: First, start with Mercurial queues right away: http://www.sagemath.org/doc/developer/walk_through.html#being-more-efficient-mercurial-queues The description makes it sound too hard to be worthwhile for a new contributor, but I think they're more straightforward than making clones of the entire sage library. Just remember to start a new patch ('hg qnew <patchname>') *before* you start making changes -- it's easier that way: http://www.sagemath.org/doc/developer/walk_through.html#creating-your-own-patch-with-queues Second, I wouldn't bother with installing a separate "development version" of Sage. Mercurial queues let you revert all of your changes in bulk, without losing them, and the kinds of things you'll be starting with are relatively straightforward, so it's unlikely that you'll render your Sage install unusable and irreparable. If you do, *then* install a second version of Sage :) Final note: to use Mercurial queues, you'll need the following in "~/.hgrc" (update for your information, but an email address is not required). This is explained earlier on the page "Walking Through the Development Process", but not entirely in the section "Getting Started with Mercurial Queues". [ui] username = Carl Friedrich Gauss <cfga...@uni-goettingen.de> [extensions] # Enable the Mercurial queue extension. hgext.mq = enjoy! Niles p.s. I hope I'm not duplicating or contradicting too much of what Maarten might have already told you -- if so, just ignore my comments :) -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
