making your first open-source contribution
DESCRIPTION
A lightning talk aiming to make the path a bit clearer for open-source enthusiasts who would like to make their first contribution but are not sure where to start, using my first patch as an example. Transcript: http://www.jpichon.net/blog/2013/02/talk-transcript-first-open-source-contribution/ Presented at Irish Hackerspace Week in August 2011. Presented at Ireland Girl Geek Dinners in January 2013. Presented at theDoctConf in June 2013.TRANSCRIPT
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Making Your FirstOpen-Source Contribution
Julie Pichonhttp://www.jpichon.net
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From 0 to 1
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Everyonecan contribute
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Where to start?
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http://openhatch.org
«OpenHatch is an open source community aiming to help
newcomers find their way into free software projects.»
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Contributor guidelines
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the contributor guidelines
Read
Usethe bug tracker
the contributor guidelines
the contributor guidelines
Buildthe software
Findthe bug
Fixit!
Submityour patch
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Bug tracker
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Build
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Find and fix
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Submit
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Wait
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Never enough people
Never enough time
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http://openhatch.org
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Questions?