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The following page has been changed by DougCutting: http://wiki.apache.org/lucene-hadoop/HowToContribute ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ svn checkout http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/hadoop/trunk/ hadoop-trunk }}} + === Making Changes === + + Before you start, send a message to the [http://lucene.apache.org/hadoop/mailing_lists.html Hadoop developer mailing list], or file a bug report in [http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP Jira]. Describe your proposed changes and check that they fit in with what others are doing and have planned for the project. Be patient, it may take folks a while to understand your requirements. + Modify the source code and add some (very) nice features using your favorite IDE.[[BR]] But take care about the following points * All public classes and methods should have informative javadoc. - * Unit tests are encouraged ([http://www.junit.org]). + * Code should be formatted according to [http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/ Sun's conventions]. + * Provide unit tests to demonstrate bugs and fixes ([http://www.junit.org]). === Generating a patch === @@ -40, +45 @@ ==== Creating a patch ==== + Add any new files with: + {{{ + svn add src/.../MyNewClass.java + }}} + + Edit the ''CHANGES.txt'' file, adding a description of your change, including the bug number it fixes. + In order to create a patch, just type: {{{ @@ -47, +59 @@ }}} This will report all modifications done on Hadoop sources on your local disk and save them into the ''myBeautifulPath.patch'' file. + Make sure the patch file includes ONLY the modifications required to fix a single issue. Please do not, e.g., reformat code unrelated to the bug being fixed. - Make sure the patch file includes ONLY the modifications you want to add to the Hadoop. Use "svn add" to incorporate new files into the patch. - === Contributing your work === - Finally, patches should be attached to a bug report in [http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP Jira]. + Finally, patches should be attached to a bug report in [http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP Jira]. Please be patient. Committers are busy people too! If no one responds to your patch after a few days, please make friendly reminders. == Stay involved ==
