I have not been very good at introducing interested people to
OpenOffice, so that they stick with it. So take my apologies, if this is
another fail attempt.
But lets go with another try. Hopefully it helps not only Idan Kashtan,
but also every other interested volunteer that likes to contribute and
is subscribed to this list.
So first of all we see everyone who wants to develop OpenOffice as
equal. There is no Hierarchy whatsoever.
We function by meritocracy standards. You earn renown by doing competent
actions. Not having competence is not negative. So you do not loose
anything by asking and building competence, because building competence
is a competent action.
I like to summarize this setup as meritocratic anarchic organization.
Our vision is to improve OpenOffice. Nothing more nothing less.
So first: Basic Infrastructure. The ASF uses the quite archaic tech of
Email Mailing lists. We use it because they have proven their worth over
a long period of time.
https://www.apache.org/foundation/mailinglists.html
Our main communication channel is d...@openoffice.apache.org. All
important discussions are made on the dev mailing list.
We have also freenode channel: #dev.openoffice.org and a slack channel
for faster communication. I have to check what to do to provide slack
invites. AFAIK there are no restrictions if anyone of you have interest.
So first step in learning to code with OpenOffice is imho learning to
build OpenOffice.
For building OpenOffice I recommend our guide:
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO#Step-by-Step_Building_Guide_for_Different_Platforms
The Operating systems matter:
OS2 I think is the most difficult followed by Windows, then comes MacOSx
and the easiest I think is Linux. FreeBSD should be also quite easy to
build.
Please take that into account if you run into issues.
Of course you can start your own way into AOO, the code is available on
Github and you can create pull request any time as you like. We will
review as soon as possible.
https://github.com/apache/openoffice
What to do on the code can be figured on Bugzilla:
https://bz.apache.org/ooo/
But I usually do not know where to start so I have created a Task list
on Jira
https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/OPENOFFICE/issues/OPENOFFICE-76?filter=allopenissues
current activities are reflected here:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Development+Improvement
If there are questions ask them. There are no bad questions. OpenOffice
contributing to AOO is a challenge due to age and history of the
project. We help as much as we can.
all the best
Peter
Am 05.06.20 um 08:59 schrieb idan kashtan:
Hey, thanks :)
I'd like to contribute by fixing bugs and adding new features.
I mainly interested in coding, so whatever you need me to do
that includes coding :).
Thanks,
Idan Kashtan.
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On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 6:50 AM Peter Kovacs <pe...@apache.org
<mailto:pe...@apache.org>> wrote:
Welcome Iran Kashtan to OpenOffice,
So how do you want to contribute to OpenOffice?
all the best
Peter
Am 04.06.20 um 10:29 schrieb idan kashtan:
> Hey,
> My name is Idan, and I'm from Israel.
> I've just graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer
science, and I'd
> like to contribute to Apache OpenOffice.
> Thanks,
> Iran Kashtan.
>
