[Wikitech-l] Gsoc 2013 guidelines

Hi, I am Atul Agrawal, an undergrad at BITS Pilani I will be participating in GSoC this year. [GSoC 2013]. In order to imporve my chances for getting selected this year, I would like to start contributing early on to Open Source development via mediaWiki. Here's a little background info : Langua

[Wikitech-l] GSoC 2013 guidelines??

Hi, I am Tejas Nikumbh, an undergrad at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. I will be participating in GSoC this year. [GSoC 2013]. In order to imporve my chances for getting selected this year, I would like to start contributing early on to Open Source development via Wikimedia. Here's a litt

Re: [Wikitech-l] Gsoc 2013 guidelines

Hi Atul, On 02/25/2013 12:12 PM, Atul Agrawal wrote:> I installed MediaWiki software and I was going through the link "become a MediaWiki hacker".My question is how will the community judge me?Do I have to create a new extension?And whom should I report? Those are very good questions. GSOC apa

Re: [Wikitech-l] Gsoc 2013 guidelines

Thanks a lot.Will try to fix bugs.But what knowledge should I have to fix bugs?knowing php is sufficient?Till now I have read this page( Developing_Extensions.If you can share the documents one should read before fixing bugs,I will be high

Re: [Wikitech-l] Gsoc 2013 guidelines

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Atul Agrawal wrote: > Thanks a lot.Will try to fix bugs.But what knowledge should I have to fix > bugs?knowing php is sufficient?Till now I have read this page( > Developing_Extensions< > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Developing_extensions>.If > you can sha

Re: [Wikitech-l] Gsoc 2013 guidelines

On 02/26/2013 01:23 AM, Atul Agrawal wrote: Thanks a lot.Will try to fix bugs.But what knowledge should I have to fix bugs?knowing php is sufficient?Till now I have read this page( Developing_Extensions.If you can share the documents one

Re: [Wikitech-l] Gsoc 2013 guidelines

@Waldir:working on the link you sent me.I will notify you if I need any help @Quim:While I will love to work under a project and be guided .It will be great if you can suggest some beginner level project and I can work with someone or by my own. I will like to solve arithmetic bugs,logical bugs,d

Re: [Wikitech-l] Gsoc 2013 guidelines

Atul, one of the fun projects that has been sitting on my backburner is to implement errors and warnings localization for the Web API. The project would involve some planning, figuring out translation framework, and later - converting all API modules and extensions to use it. As a result, all clien

Re: [Wikitech-l] Gsoc 2013 guidelines

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Yuri Astrakhan wrote: > Atul, one of the fun projects that has been sitting on my backburner is to > implement errors and warnings localization for the Web API. The project > would involve some planning, figuring out translation framework, and later > - converting

Re: [Wikitech-l] Gsoc 2013 guidelines

On 02/26/2013 08:29 AM, Yuri Astrakhan wrote: I am not sure how GSOC supervision functions, but I will definitely be involved with the implementation. Everything starts with you (and any other potential mentors) adding yourself to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2013#Mentors :)

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC 2013 guidelines??

Hello Tejas, On 02/28/2013 05:34 AM, Tejas Nikumbh wrote: Hi, I am Tejas Nikumbh, an undergrad at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. I will be participating in GSoC this year. [GSoC 2013]. In order to imporve my chances for getting selected this year, I would like to start contributing earl

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC 2013 guidelines??

On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:02:16 +0100, Quim Gil wrote: Our default recommendation to newcomers has been to try to fix a bug from From? Quim probably wanted to link the list of bugs marked as 'easy': https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=%21easy%20-%21patch-in-gerrit (here I'm

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC 2013 guidelines??

On 02/28/2013 03:14 PM, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote: On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:02:16 +0100, Quim Gil wrote: Our default recommendation to newcomers has been to try to fix a bug from From? Er... sorry (multitasking with just one brain has these things): https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Annoying_li

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC 2013 guidelines??

I created a bugzilla account but the process of going through the code and fixing bugs seems cryptic. Any resources you can provide which can aid me in understanding the process? A video which shows the process or some documentation perhaps? On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:06 AM, Quim Gil wrote: > On 0

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC 2013 guidelines??

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Tejas Nikumbh wrote: > I created a bugzilla account but the process of going through the code and > fixing bugs seems cryptic. Any resources you can provide which can aid me > in understanding the process? A video which shows the process or some > documentation per

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC 2013 guidelines??

On 2013-03-10 2:55 PM, "Nischay Nahata" wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Tejas Nikumbh wrote: > > > I created a bugzilla account but the process of going through the code and > > fixing bugs seems cryptic. Any resources you can provide which can aid me > > in understanding the process?

Re: [Wikitech-l] GSoC 2013 guidelines??

Tejas, You might like the video at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Open_Tech_Chat_2012-11-29.ogv -- that video shows you the process of how a developer fixes a bug, including investigation, git commit, getting it reviewed and merged, and closing the Bugzilla ticket. Please also