Hello, Thank you, Amali. I'm currently working on version 12.04 . Thanks, Deborah Digges On Sep 4, 2014 2:05 AM, "Amali Praveena Soban Kumar" < samaliprave...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Hi Deborah, > It is great you finished the build and install so quickly; which version > of Ubuntu are you using? > Thanks, > Amali. > > > On Thursday, 4 September 2014, 3:15, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > 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
