[Adium-devl] Beginner looking to make a contribution

[Jordan S.]

That's a good question, I have only submit two very tiny patches so far,
which meant I didn't do any updates between start and completion of the
patch. I think svn diff only does a diff of data that you have changed
compared to any svn updated data (meaning you could update in the middle of
working on a patch, but this could create a problem if you were working on
the exact same code that was part of the update).
I think it's probably best to wait until someone who has submit more and/or
larger patches answers this one.

Jordan

On 10/30/07, Ankur Oberoi <aoberoi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Jordan.
>
> Since I am new to open source software dev, I have a general question. How
> often should i be doing an update through subversion? What's a good rule of
> thumb? Should I do an update before i start working each time so that the
> patching is easiest later on? Should I wait until later on, when I am done
> with my fix, to update so that all my changes can be integrated all at once,
> or will this likely be difficult?
>
>
> I appreciate the patience you guys have for the "new kid"
>
> On 10/29/07, Jordan S. < jas8522 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ankur,
> >
> > These aren't necessarily starter bugs, but you can always take a look at
> > the upcoming milestones (found in the Roadmap) and take a peek at the open
> > tickets. You can pick through them and give some fixes a shot if you find it
> > interesting or possibly easier for you. The 1.1.4 and 1.2 milestones
> > will hopefully be completed in the next few months, so those would be nice
> > to have completed first, but they may not be simple for a first bug fix.
> > There's also the "Good idea for later" milestone that is filled with some
> > small and some large enhancements as well as a few minor bugs that could be
> > fixed. In there you'll find old and new stuff so you can be sure it's not
> > all outdated.
> >
> >
> > Those milestones are a straightforward way of finding newer bugs and
> > enhancements to work on, but they might not be the easiest, so feel free to
> > pick through them and submit patches if you find a solution, otherwise you
> > can just skip over it and try another!
> >
> >
> > Jordan
> >
> > On 10/30/07, Ankur Oberoi < aoberoi at gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for all the responses!
> > >
> > > I've taken a look at the starter bugs, thanks for that link. It seems
> > > like those tickets havent been cleaned up in a while though. Most of them
> > > have either "needs dev review" in the status or have been dismissed by
> > > people saying that a certain release fixed the problem. I don't really know
> > > enough about this project to be cleaning up the tickets or anything, but if
> > > any of you know of additional tickets that might be for starters like me,
> > > could you add them to that list?
> > >
> > >
> > > The coding link looks really helpful, and I've read that page before,
> > > but thanks for the link!
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm not very experienced with Obj-C and Cocoa but I've already begun
> > > learning them and am well on my way to catch up with the syntax and features
> > > that are new to me. I think it won't be too hard to pick up because i have a
> > > strong background in OOP.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks again for all your help.
> > >
> > > On 10/26/07, Peter Hosey < boredzo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Oct 26, 2007, at 02:54:06, Ankur Oberoi wrote:
> > > > > I am new to development for OSS and was hoping to get a chance to
> > > > > get started with Adium. I wanted some help from the rest of you to
> > > > > find a good starting point.
> > > >
> > > > Good to hear!
> > > >
> > > > The place where anyone who wants to work on Adium should start is
> > > > here:
> > > >
> > > >          http://adiumx.com/faq/ContributingToAdium
> > > >
> > > > The entire Coding section is of interest to you.
> > > >
> > > > Let us know if you need any more info.
> > > >
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