On 09/03/2014 06:37 AM, Deborah Digges wrote: > Thank you for your help and time; I will take a look at the issues and try > to solve some of them. > > I have completed the build and install, and have also taken a look at the > architecture.
Great news that you succeeded with your build! This is really super! > If you do come across a project that has the needed mix of mentors, I'd be > glad to be a part of it. Mostly, I didn't want to delay your efforts to find a semester project. Hopefully, you'll find some of the "easy" fixes to your liking. Hoping we can hear more from you and your team soon. Keep up the good work! > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 5:56 AM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 09/01/2014 10:25 AM, Deborah Digges wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> It's great to hear from you! >>> * We work primarily on unix machines - ubuntu specifically. IDEs we have >>> worked on include Eclipse, NetBeans and Aptana studio. >>> * I know git, but am not very experienced with it. I have worked briefly >>> with perforce. >>> * The course evaluation would be in the beginning of December, so that >>> gives us time till the end of November to complete the project. >>> >>> If there is any more information I could provide you with, I'd be more >> than >>> glad to. >>> I'll be going through the link you've mentioned shortly. Once again, >> thank >>> you for your response. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Deborah >> >> The specific project I was thinking about seems to be lacking in the >> needed mix of mentors at the moment. >> >> We do have a listing of "easy" and "simple" hacks from our development >> orientation page: >> >> http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-development.html >> >> Feel free to take a look at these, and get involved by fixing some of >> these issues if you like. We have quite a number of Ubuntu builders who >> can answer questions on this list. Good luck with your open source project. >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Deborah Digges < >>>> deborah.gertrude.dig...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I am a *4th year* Computer Science student. As a part of a course - >> "The >>>>> Architecture of Open source technologies", I am required to contribute >> to >>>>> an open source project. >>>>> >>>>> The project is needed to be done by a team of *3 members*.The semester >>>> ends >>>>> by* November*, so that gives me *three months* to work on the project. >>>> The >>>>> course requires us to work *8 hours a week*. Also, the course >> emphasizes >>>> on >>>>> making code contributions. >>>>> >>>>> I am familiar with C,C++ and python, and I am eager to pick up >> additional >>>>> skills that are required. >>>>> >>>>> Please could you help me in this task, as I am quite new to open >> source. >>>>> >>>>> Looking forward to your response, >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Deborah Digges. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Hello Deborah -- >>>> Thanks for contacting Apache OpenOffice. We'd love to have you >> contribute >>>> to this project. We will try to identify a specific task for your team. >>>> >>>> First, I think we need more information from you to make this >> successful: >>>> >>>> * please tell us more about your development environment -- OS, IDE, etc >>>> * what is your experience with source version management tools? svn, >> git, >>>> etc >>>> * your semester ends "by November" meaning the end of November? >>>> >>>> There are many references to open source participation available. Here's >>>> one that gives a perspective from a participant's viewpoint that you may >>>> find helpful. >>>> >>>> >>>> >> http://blog.cobia.net/cobiacomm/2013/03/13/open-source-community-participation/ >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> MzK >>>> >>>> "Nothing will work unless you do." >>>> -- Maya Angelou >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> MzK >> >> "Nothing will work unless you do." >> -- Maya Angelou >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Nothing will work unless you do." -- Maya Angelou --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
