[Lucy Wiki] Update of "HowToContribute" by MarvinHumphr ey

2010-06-19 Thread Apache Wiki 
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The comment on this change is: Remove mention of an obsolete C89 requirement..
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  Modify the source code using your favorite text editor or IDE.  Please take 
the following points into account:
  
-  * All code will eventually need to be portable to multiple operating systems 
and compilers.  This is a complex requirement and it should not block your 
contribution, but the most helpful thing you an do up front is declare C 
variables at the top of each block, C89-style.
+  * All code will eventually need to be portable to multiple operating systems 
and compilers.  (This is a complex requirement and it should not block your 
contribution.)
   * All public APIs should be accompanied by informative documentation.
   * Code should be formatted according to the style guidelines at 
LucyStyleGuide.
   * Contributions should pass existing unit tests.

[Lucy Wiki] Update of "HowToContribute" by MarvinHumphr ey

2009-11-21 Thread Apache Wiki 
Dear Wiki user,

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The "HowToContribute" page has been changed by MarvinHumphrey.
The comment on this change is: Improve instructions for submitting a patch via 
JIRA..
http://wiki.apache.org/lucy/HowToContribute?action=diff&rev1=1&rev2=2

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  === Contributing your work ===
  
- Finally, open a new Lucy JIRA issue at 
[[http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCY]].  Attach your submission to the 
issue using JIRA's "Attach file" feature.
+ Finally, contribute your patch via our issue-tracker/bug-tracker.  The 
installation is at [[http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCY]]; it runs on 
[[http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/|Atlassian JIRA]], and we generally 
use the term "issue" rather than "bug" because not every contribution fixes a 
"bug".
+ 
+  1. Create a JIRA account for yourself and sign in.
+  1. Once you have signed in, the "create new issue" link will appear.  Use it 
to open a new Lucy JIRA issue.
+  1. Attach your submission to the issue using JIRA's "Attach file" feature.
  
  Please be patient.  Committers are busy people too.  If no one responds to 
your patch after a few days, please make friendly reminders.  Please 
incorporate other's suggestions into into your patch if you think they're 
reasonable.  Finally, remember that even a patch that is not committed is 
useful to the community.