Hi Jack, Am Dienstag, 6. Oktober 2015, 13:00:52 schrieb Jack Singleton: > * Most of the projects I work with now use Vagrant to automate developer > environment setup. It is widely used, can make environment setup a one step > process (when done well), and also helps prevent “works/doesn’t work on my > machine”. > * In addition to vagrant, having a wrapper script with a consistent name can > help (such as ‘go’ or ‘manage’). Then instructions just become ‘$ ./manage > run’ no matter what build system the project uses
That sounds interesting. I don’t know enough about Vagrant to give an informed answer about it, but build scripts sounds useful. > * Test cases are invaluable for new developers, like this one I wrote two > years ago that didn’t get merged: > https://github.com/jacksingleton/lib-jFCPLib-staging/blob/master/src/test/java/net/pterodactylus/fcp/PutAndGetDataAcceptanceTest.java I’m sorry that it got no answer. Since there was no activity in the pull request I fear that it might just have been overlooked: https://github.com/freenet/lib-jFCPLib/pull/1 If we don’t react, please nag. We might not be able to answer right away (most of us have day jobs), but if you don’t get an answer within a week, it’s likely that we just missed it. Quite a few of us are also active in IRC. Best wishes, Arne > > Jack > > On Oct 6, 2015, at 12:33 PM, Ian Clarke <i...@freenetproject.org> wrote: > > > I agree with the motives of this, but isn't requiring that new developers > > personally interact via IRC just to get started an admission of defeat? > > That shouldn't be necessary, and there is no reason for it to be > > necessary. It's not necessary in other open source projects. > > > > Ian. > > > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 5:06 AM, xor <x...@freenetproject.org> wrote: > > > >> As an alternate solution to the Ant/Maven discussion, here's a different > >> approach to attracting new developers... > >> > >> The complex "Get involved" guide https://freenetproject.org/developer.html > >> which currently says how to Git clone / obtain libraries / compile, shall > >> be > >> replaced by those 3 steps: > >> > >>> How to contribute to Freenet: > >>> > >>> 1. Install Freenet: By running Freenet, you can donate part of your > >>> diskspace and bandwidth to the community. > >>> > >>> 2. Chose a subproject you like and want to contribute to: > >>> https://wiki.freenetproject.org/Projects > >>> > >>> 3. Join the developers' chat on IRC at [link to webchat]. Tell us that > >>> you'd like to contribute to your project of choice: We will help you > >>> with obtaining the source code of your favorite project; and tell you > >> where > >>> you can find its TODO list. > >> > >> This avoids the problem of build systems entirely by offering newbies to > >> help > >> them personally with compiling. Thats a good idea anyway since we'll never > >> be > >> able to make *ALL* sub-projects use the same build system. > >> > >> Further, it is more focused on what a new developer is probably interested > >> in: > >> *What* to work on, not *how* the work will look specifically in terms of > >> command line tools. > >> > >> The sub-project list https://wiki.freenetproject.org/Projects should > >> provide > >> an up-to-date overview since I spent quite a few hours on completing it > >> just > >> the last week. I'll also make sure to keep maintaining it, as I think > >> having a > >> full list of all software built on top of Freenet is absolutely mandatory > >> for > >> being able to finally get everything bundled-by-default. > >> > >> Credit for discovering that the current "Get involved" guide is too complex > >> goes to Steve! Thanks! :) > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Ian Clarke > > Founder, The Freenet Project > > Email: i...@freenetproject.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Devl mailing list > > Devl@freenetproject.org > > https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > -- Ein Würfel System - einfach saubere Regeln: - http://1w6.org
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