On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Mark Struberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think the spec is implemented completely. But if you ever hit some Jira > issue, then check against the spec if the current behaviour is really a bug, > or if it is not just really well defined in the spec. Or if the issue is in > fact a non-issue ;) > > If I contribute something to OpenJPA (most times after hitting some > potentially weird behaviour in my projects), then I proceed with the > following steps > > 1.) check if the behaviour is spec conforn and does make sense in other > scenarios. The basic question here is: did I use it wrong or is really > OpenJPA to blame for the malfunction. > > 1.99) (optional) ask for clarification if this is really a bug on the dev > list. > > 2.) Create a Jira issue for it > > 2.1.) Write a unit test in OpenJPA which shows the issue and attach it to > the Jira issue. > > 3.) Try to solve the problem after discussing possible solutions as either > a comment in Jira or on the dev list. > > > E.g.: You could try to tinker on the Sequencer issue which popped up here > on the list this week. > Thanks a lot Mark for your valuable tips :) It'll be really useful. Thanks, ~Umashanthi > > LieGrue, > strub > > --- On Sun, 1/30/11, Umashanthi Pavalanathan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Umashanthi Pavalanathan <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Ideas for Google Summer of Code 2011 > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Sunday, January 30, 2011, 9:58 AM > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Mark > > Struberg <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > First of things to read is the JPA2 spec which is > > available in JSR-317 [1] > > > :) > > > > > > > Thanks for the link Mark. I will start reading the spec. > > > > Is the spec fully implemented in the current version of > > OpenJPA or any > > improvements required? I would like to have a look at any > > missing parts as > > well. > > > > > > Thanks, > > ~Umashanthi > > > > > > > > > > > > LieGrue, > > > strub > > > > > > > > > [1] http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=317 > > > > > > --- On Sun, 1/30/11, Umashanthi Pavalanathan <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > From: Umashanthi Pavalanathan <[email protected]> > > > > Subject: Ideas for Google Summer of Code 2011 > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Date: Sunday, January 30, 2011, 8:53 AM > > > > Hi devs, > > > > > > > > I am an undergraduate student interested in > > contributing to > > > > OpenJPA and > > > > would like to know whether you have any ideas for > > Google > > > > Summer of Code > > > > 2011. > > > > > > > > I have checked out the source code and > > successfully built > > > > it with the help > > > > of Mark. Currently I am in the process of > > studying the Java > > > > Persistence API > > > > using the OpenJPA user guide. Any suggestions and > > links to > > > > resources that > > > > would help me understand the concepts and get > > started with > > > > OpenJPA? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > ~Umashanthi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
