Nicholas Orr wrote: > What gems do I need to install to actually run > > "rake spec" http://github.com/xaviershay/dm-ci/tree/master
this is a good spot to start, it's basically a script that pulls dm-more and installs/tests the gems in a local dir in an order that works with dependencies. it could be adapted for dm-core and other projects quite easily. > > Also how do I not have the gems try run sudo? > > I don't have a system ruby installed.... > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Dan Kubb (dkubb) <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > From time to time people ask me how they can get started helping > DataMapper. Some people want to dive in, and start forking everything > and sending pull requests. Others aren't sure how much time they'll > have, but still want to help make a difference. I decided to put > together a quick list of things for the latter group, as well as a few > tips for the former. Feel free to reply to this email if you have > further suggestions, or want some clarification on any points > mentioned. > > Some of these tasks help either to push DataMapper directly forward > through code/spec/doc contributions, or indirectly forward because > you're helping with something that allows other contributors to spend > more time on code, specs and docs. > > I've listed the tasks from least to most time consuming, which is also > the priority -- the earlier in the list, the more you help me out. > Specifically it frees up my time to work on the dkubb/dm-core spec > rewrite project, which the faster I can get it done benefits us all as > a number of bug fixes have been made and overall it's far more stable. > > Without further ado, here are some things that come to mind: > > * Sync up dkubb/dm-core, sam/dm-more, sam/extlib, sam/do from github, > and use "rake spec" to run their specs locally. All specs *should* > pass. > > NOTE: when testing sam/dm-more, please use the latest dm-core gem > because I am currently refactoring parts of dkubb/dm-core and that it > may not be fully compatible with dm-more at the moment -- I plan to > fix this shortly, once I've cleaned everything up. > > * Use "rake install" to install those gems and run your own app's > specs and tests to make sure the functionality has not changed. (note > you may get deprecation warnings, but that may be normal, what we're > looking for is errors) > > * Report any issues to http://datamaper.lighthouseapp.com/ (search > first to make sure you don't submit a dupe ticket) > > Note that at this time, dkubb/dm-core may be incompatible with sam/dm- > more while we rearrange things a bit. You'll likely see alot of > failures in the dm-more specs for the near future. Before reporting a > dm-more issue try installing sam/dm-core (or the dm-core gem) and re- > run the specs. > > * Review the unconfirmed tickets and provide stand-alone scripts that > confirm or show the problem is fixed. For non-critical tickets, if > it's fixed in dkubb/dm-core, we mark it as resolved. If it does not > pass we check it against sam/dm-core. > > * Ask me (dkubb) for an invite to Lighthouse so that you can mark > tickets as confirmed, not-applicable, or resolved. > > * Mark tickets as accepted if you are going to work on them, so that > others don't attempt to duplicate your work on the ticket. > > * Provide patches for confirmed tickets. > > If the ticket is for dm-core, but is not critical, please supply the > patch against dkubb/dm-core. sam/dm-core is in maintenance mode and > only critical fixes are being applied against it. > > * Test out other patches for confirmed tickets locally, and add > comments to confirm that it works with edge. > > * View the classes at the bottom of > http://github.com/dkubb/dm-core/wikis/home > and "adopt" one to work on. See that page for more information on what > we're doing. Review the specs and docs that are already written, > specifically those for Collection, to see the style we're using. > > * If you have experience writing Java, ping myabc to ask if you can > help with the do_jdbc drivers. JRuby is going to become a first-class > citizen in the DM world, and will be one of the primary Ruby's we test > against. > > * Update the dm-more plugins so that the specs can be more easily > executed against the In Memory Adapter. Possibly backport the InMemory > adapter from dubbb/dm-core to sam/dm-core. This will allow early JRuby > testing to happen against the dm-more plugins prior to do_jdbc from > being ready. > > * Speak with dbussink on IRC and ask him about updating the DO specs > to match the conventions we are using in dkubb/dm-core. > > -- > > Thanks, > > Dan > (dkubb) > > P.S. I will follow up in the next few days on the status of the > rewrite, and outline what I think the DM 1.0 Roadmap should look like. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DataMapper" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/datamapper?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
