On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 2:27 PM, #PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN# < jatinshr...@e.ntu.edu.sg> wrote:
> Hi, > As I have said previously, I am a 3rd year university student. I have more > than 2 years experience with Java, C and Python and brief experience with > C++ (although I believe I can pick up fairly easily). I also have very good > knowledge of git and agile methodology and have done an internship at > PayPal as a software engineer intern, where I used these technologies > extensively. I need to contribute to an open source project of my choice > for the next semester (ending in May 2016) and I would like to start now > itself, to get familiar quickly. I picked Open Office since it is something > I use daily (almost) and would like to contribute to. I am hoping to > contribute to the Open Office codebase itself with new features, bug fixes, > refactoring etc. I can contribute around 10-12 hours a week, and maybe more > if there is a critical deadline to be met. > > I have successfully built OpenOffice on Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) with the > following output at the end of the build process > > *********************************************************** > > Successful packaging process! > > *********************************************************** > > copying log file to > /Users/jatin1/repos/asf/openoffice/main/instsetoo_native/ > unxmaccx.pro/Apache_OpenOffice_SDK/dmg/install/log/log_AOO420_en-US.log > > stopping log at Tue Oct 27 22:32:31 2015 > > > Multiprocessing build is finished > > Maximal number of processes run: 2 > > > > > As for my development environment, I will be using CLion (by JetBrains) as > my IDE, which comes integrated with SVN support, so I don’t have to muck > around on the terminal. > > > > The next step I would like to take is, as instructed previously, ask if > anyone has any open projects that they would not mind mentoring me on. > There is ample time for me (7-8 months), so time is not a critical issue. > > By mentoring, I do not expect hand holding, but just very basic guidance, > and I can give my shot at it. > > > > Thanks, > > Jatin > > > Hi Jatin Welcome to Apache OpenOffice. We appreciate any and all contributions. If you are looking for some development ideas, you can do what I do: read through Bugzilla to find something interesting to work on. Is there anything in particular you would like to develop? I would be willing to mentor you. Damjan
