Olá Guillem, On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 6:21 PM Guillem Jover <[email protected]> wrote:
> Olà! > > > I'm not sure whether I'll have enough time or energy to do continued > guidance/mentoring. But we can try. :) > Thank you :) > > Once you think you've good these covered, you could check: <https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/Contribute> > > Personally I find that scratching your own itch works best, but if you > are not maintaining packages, that might be difficult to come by. > Yes, I understand. I think that it will come naturally, in time > Perhaps a good way to get started with the code base could be to > improve the coverage by adding/extending unit tests? > > <https://www.dpkg.org/coverage/scripts/coverage.html> > Yes, I'm a fan of unit testing and code coverage. I also use Devel::Cover in my projects. I find that writing tests is an excellent way to dive into a new project. I did that many times. That would be the place to start, great. > > Otherwise perhaps a good initial task might be the Dpkg::Checksums > one from? > > <https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/Task/PerlAPICleanup> > I'll have a look into it, during my unit testing, and understand the issue > > In general, I find that email requires more energy, as it feels more > formal and final, so perhaps you might want to join the #debian-dpkg > IRC channel on OFTC if you are into that. > I have never used IRC before but I will give it a try, during next week > > Thanks, > Guillem > Thanks Joao
