Thanks for the advice Claudio and Avery. I've read the trunk/CODE_CONVENTIONS file and will submit my patch for review on https://reviews.apache.org.
One more question: Even though I have signed up for a JIRA account I am unable to assign GIRAPH-63 to myself. Do I need to be added to the GIRAPH project by someone before I can do that? Or do I just start work without assigning this to myself? Thanks, Shaunak On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Avery Ching <ach...@apache.org> wrote: > Claudio gave great advice. The only thing I'd like to add is that you also > might want to consider using reviewboard for throwing up patches > (https://reviews.apache.org/) as it helps to get line-by-line comments and > suggestions. Definitely email the mailing lists if you have questions and > have fun! > > Avery > > On 11/10/11 9:40 AM, Claudio Martella wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I don't know if there's anything such as an official Development >> Process, I can share how I usually do when I contribute to ASF >> projects. >> >> (1) Considering there's already an open issue (a ticket in the JIRA) >> I'd download from SVN the version to which the issue applies, I'd >> write the fix, test it through unittests that come with the project >> (and fix them if necessary) and create the patch (svn diff> >> ISSUE.diff is the way I do) that I later attach it to the issue. >> >> (2) If there's not open issue yet about a bug or a feature missing, if >> it's trivial (such as the one you've chosen) I'd write the patch as in >> (1) and open the issue describing the problem by attaching the fix. If >> it's not trivial I'd open the issue and wait for some contribution to >> the discussion. Learn from the other issues you find on the JIRA. >> >> Make sure to follow CODE_CONVENTIONS file ( ;-) ). >> >> I'm expecting the experts to give more insights about the process. >> >> Hope this helps, >> Claudio >> >> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Shaunak Kashyap<ycombina...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm a newbie to Giraph and ASF projects in general. I would like to >>> help with Giraph development and think I've found the perfect JIRA to >>> start: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GIRAPH-63. >>> >>> Before I make any code changes, however, I'd like to know more about >>> the development process of this project. What is a good place to start >>> learning about this? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Shaunak >>> >>> -- >>> "Now the hardness of this world slowly grinds your dreams away / >>> Makin' a fool's joke out of the promises we make" --- Bruce >>> Springsteen, "Blood Brothers" >>> >> >> > > -- "Now the hardness of this world slowly grinds your dreams away / Makin' a fool's joke out of the promises we make" --- Bruce Springsteen, "Blood Brothers"
