Hi Vishnu, On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 12:01 AM, Vishnu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello > > Thanks for the repository link. > > so my current email should be added as the collaborator for me to > contribute right? > or should i use the new macports id. > I don't remember exactly but I guess yes, you would need to be added as a collaborator to start contributing to the repository. In the meantime, feel free to push your code to your local repository. in that case do i have to make a new account or what? > not clear about that.. > > No, you just add the macports email id to your existing github profile (See Links:[6] at the end). You would also want to update your git config (you could use --local to keep the config local to the directory that you are working on) to use your macports id though. See: https://trac.macports.org/wiki/WorkingWithGit#setup > Also writing down some points we discussed for the community to know : > > 1) make the repository - already done. > 2) Upload a file with DB schema . > There should be some way that you can create tables/schema using markdown. But feel free to use whatever works better for you. > 3) Set milestones in github. > 4) Learn about unit tests > To know more about unit tests in brief I found a brief answer on SO [1]. You can find a detailed article on Tutorials point [4] and wikipedia [5]. > 5) Really try to implement API feature. > It would help to come up with a simple design on what the API would do. This would help you during the coding phase. We can always refine it as we progress. 7) Discuss about what commit needs to be shown on the port page. > As discussed, we could keep this topic for discussion at a later point of time. > 8) Add columns for port and intended OS , Port and build possible OS > Thanks for documenting the points discussed. I have added some of my thoughts inline. > > jackson i would require the milestones page you talked about. > > I was talking about something like [2]. To get more idea about milestones, you can refer [3]. Links: [1] https://stackoverflow.com/a/3258768/1970068 [2] https://github.com/pypa/warehouse/milestones [3] https://help.github.com/articles/about-milestones/ [4] https://www.tutorialspoint.com/software_testing_dictionary/ unit_testing.htm [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_testing [6] https://help.github.com/articles/adding-an-email-address-to- your-github-account/ -- Jackson Isaac
