Re: [Scikit-learn-general] Hello message

2015-08-17 Thread Jaret Flores
It might be worth adding that to a section on the Contributing page. Also, the "Contributing code" section in the Contributing document also that says "To avoid duplicating working, it is highly advised you contact..." which is what caused me to post here as well. Perhaps update that to direct ne

Re: [Scikit-learn-general] Hello message

2015-08-17 Thread Andreas Mueller
Thanks Jaret, that is exactly right. Definitely start with easy issues. I was just thinking about adding this to the FAQ, then I saw that past-me already did: http://scikit-learn.org/dev/faq.html#how-can-i-contribute-to-scikit-learn Is this not easy enough to find? On 8/17/2015 3:59 PM, Jar

Re: [Scikit-learn-general] Hello message

2015-08-17 Thread Jaret Flores
Shashank, I am not one of the maintainers, but recently started looking into the scikit-learn code myself. Certainly read the contributing documentation which will tell you how to get the project setup and various guidelines. Once you are rea

[Scikit-learn-general] Hello message

2015-08-17 Thread Shashank Gupta
Dear all, This is Shashank. I am master's student at IIIT Hyderabad, was previously student at BITS Pilani. I want to contribute to Scikit-learn. How should I start. Can you give me some pointers. Regards, Shashank -- ___