Tara Athan wrote: > I tried sending this message to the geotools-devel list but it bounced > back as a permanent failure. > I am moderating that list right now (while Gabriel is on holiday); did you actually sign up? > I am looking for a Java project for my Geography class on Java programming. I > was hoping to contribute a minor bug-fix to an Opensource project, such as > GeoTools 2. Welcome we have countless minor bug fixes needed. First of all how much time do you have? And what kind of bug fix would you like to work on? It is wise to do a practice run on something small (just to make sure you can build; attach the patch to a bug report; and all that kind of stuff).
> My instructor, Dr. Andrew Evans of Leeds, has agreed that this seems doable > and is willing to give me some advice as I go along. Unfortunately, the > website has an error on the pages that would provide a list of appropriate > projects. > > http://geotools.codehaus.org/How+to+Help > or > http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/How+to+Help > Both of those work for me; but it looks like the list (a link to the bug tracker) is broken - the joys of watching web applications work together. Here is the issue tracker: - http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/BrowseProject.jspa Clicking on the link for "trivial" bugs over near open issues I can find some easy candidates: - http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOT-603 Deleting unneeded classes from legacy module - http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOT-1615 DijkstraIterator members private to protected - http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOT-636 PrimativeAttributeType misspelled. But those are all pretty boring- how about this: - http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOT-1847 WellKnowMark Shape Fix It is nice and visual; when you fix it you can see a result (sounds from the bug description like the star symbol is being drawn upside down). > I can see a number of unassigned issues in the Matrix, but can't really tell > which would be appropriate for a new developer. > > Can anyone make any suggestions? This is just a class project, not a thesis. > I have completed the basic first semester Computer Science Java programming > and am self-taught in Data Structures, have more than enough maths background > (PhD) and some geography background (in second year of Master's program). > > Thanks, Tara > Welcome Tara; please grab a build of geotools (that may be more work than the bug fix) and choose a bug to fix. If you are using Eclipse you can create a patch from the IDE and attach it to the bug report. Bonus points for including a test case (and see that your instructor gives you bonus points :-D ). Give me a shout when you have a patch ready to review. Jody ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Geotools-gt2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users
