contribute to eclipse projects
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How to contribute toEclipse projects?
Mickael Istria - EclipseDay Grenoble 2013@mickaelistria
Which project(s) to contribute to?
Any project that:
You like and want to get involved in,
You use or depend on and want to keep good/make
better,
Which makes sense in your strategy
What form can a contribution have?
Documentation
User support
Bug reports
Suggestion of improvements, based use-cases
Code
Hey, that sucks!, it's retarded, WTF?
Contribute through the right media:
The taxi analogy
Want to get into a project?
1. Be where it expects you.2. Make sure they notice you if you want
to get into it!
Contribute through the right media
IRC
Choose the right media
http://wiki.eclipse.org
http://www.eclipse.org/forums/
http://bugs.eclipse.org
https://git.eclipse.org/r
https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/[project]-dev
Should I open a bug or not?
In case of doubt, DO IT ! Don't be shy.
- Your idea may be the best idea ever submitted- Opening a bug doesn't hurt, doesn't cost, isn't bad- Being wrong doesn't hurt and cost (not knowing you're wrong cost you time/money/happiness)
About criticity
Young Lady or Old Hag?
Criticity is not objective. It depends on you, your project, your stategy... Other contributors may not share your concerns.
Don't expect people to do things for you
(There is no fun image to illustrate slavery.)
You can wish, hope, negociate, buy, lobby,... but not require people to work on your use-case.
Obvious good ideas
& good pieces of code
In most cases, your idea will be easily approved, and your
contribution quickly merged into code-base.
Some other contributors might even like your idea so much that they'll turn it into code without more effort on your side!
Discutable ideas
That's the most difficult part: discuss, argue, justify your
idea is good.
In such cases, it's good to provide some things to demo.
What to do where?
Help users on Eclipse forums
Write doc on Eclipse wiki
Tell developers you write doc on Eclipse mailing-list
Submit bugs via Eclipse Bugzilla
Submit suggestions via Eclipse Bugzilla
Discuss your ideas on Eclipse Bugzilla
Provide code on Eclipse Gerrit
Committers will assist you in integrating stuff into the project.
Bugzilla
http://bugs.eclipse.org is the heart of the contribution process,where most insteresting discussions take place.
Follow a project
Follow [email protected] mailing-list
Follow [email protected] user on Bugzilla:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/userprefs.cgi?tab=email, under User
Watching
Follow Gerrit reviews for the project: https://git.eclipse.org/r/#/settings/projects
Weigh in the project
Give your opinion on mailing-list, Bugzilla entries and Gerrit
reviews (that you're now all following)
Write code and contribute it via Gerrit.
Quick note about Gerrit
Empowering reviews:Ease technical discussions with better tool
Ease discussion about (important) details
Ease collaboration
Ease knowledge transfer
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Gerrit Gives some hints and instructions including:Necessary Git Hooks
CLA approval
Useful Git commands (CLI and EGit)
Quick demo: A bug lifecycle with
Bugzilla and Gerrit