@ Admin of BRL-CAD There seems something wrong with sourceforge. I am unable to read following message properly at:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=CBB7FC68-2DC8-47AA-AC2B-869870FFEFBA%40mac.com&forum_name=brlcad-devel On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Christopher Sean Morrison <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 29, 2013, at 8:51 AM, Avneet Kaur wrote: > >> I am Avneet Kaur, student of Bachelor of Engineering(CSE). I found >> project "Code Reduction" in BRL-CAD Ideas List that suits my interests >> and skills. > > That is a perfectly viable project area, but know that particular project > requires a lot of specificity. Not just that you're going On SourceForge; the text typed by Sean up to above was there; and following part is missing. > to reduce code, but what code, how, why, etc. Also, how will you ensure > nothing > is broken? Since refactoring aims to improve code quality, you'll need to > capture metrics on the improvements you intend to make (before and after). > I also recommend creating a patch so you know what you're getting into and > so we know where your abilities are at reading code... ;) > >> I have done Reverse Engineering of DXF and made a library of DXF named >> "libdxf_2D" in C++. It is available at github along with complete >> documentation: https://github.com/Akaur/testing > > That's great. Is there a reason you haven't considered a conversion project > instead? STEP support is a strong area of interest as is improving our dxf, > obj, and other converters. There's a ton listed at > http://brlcad.org/~sean/ideas.html > >> I was trying to submit a patch for a bug and found a following link: >> http://sourceforge.net/p/brlcad/bugs/335/ > > There is also our BUGS file in your source checkout as well as the open > GCI-tasks mentioned in an earlier discussion thread. All make for viable > patch topics. You could also look into the issue reported here > by Harmanpreet: > https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30726868 > > It has a specific test case that reportedly fails. > >> I want to know if I remove duplicacy in one file, will it be accepted >> as patch or not. > > That's a really vague question so, here's your vague answer: "It depends." ;-) The following efforts by Avneet are appreciable: > I tried Simian tool as recommended at project ideas page to find code > duplicacy. A quick run showed that there are 26913 duplicate lines in > 2688 blocks in 349 cpp files. Form the vague question and vague reply, I suggest Avneet need to apply common sense to make a valid patch from all these vagueness ;-) -- H.S.Rai ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr _______________________________________________ BRL-CAD Developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-devel
