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Ewan Mellor updated CTAKES-499:
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Description:
I have been looking for instructions on how to submit changes to cTakes. It’s
been harder than I expected!
Firstly, I sent this as an email to
[d...@ctakes.apache.org|mailto:d...@ctakes.apache.org] twice, and it did not
get through both times. I am subscribed to the list. I presume that your spam
filter dropped it, which means that it is dropping legitimate email from list
subscribers.
On [https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CTAKES/cTAKES], there is a
link labeled "Become a committer”, but that goes to
[http://ctakes.apache.org/ppmc-faqs.html], which is a broken link.
I’m guessing that it was supposed to be
[https://ctakes.apache.org/pmc-faqs.html]. On that page, it says "we have
different kind of roles like user, developer, Committer ... The following are
conditions to become a Committer: 1. You have sent in patches ..." It doesn’t
say anything about how to actually send a patch.
On
[https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CTAKES/cTAKES+4.0+Developer+Install+Guide],
there is a description on how to get the source from Subversion, or Subversion
+ Git. It doesn’t explain why I would want to use two VCSs at the same time
(?). It also doesn’t say anything about submitting changes, either through svn
or git, nor GitHub or email.
On [https://ctakes.apache.org/developer-faqs.html], it says "Submit issues
using JIRA. Anyone may read the issues. You must be a contributor to add or
edit issues.” It doesn’t say how you become a contributor. It also isn't
true, because here I am submitting an issue on Jira. I don't know why it says
that in the FAQ. It initially put me off from filing a ticket.
On [https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CTAKES/Best+Practices] it says
to create a Jira ticket and mention it in the commit message, but it also
doesn’t say how to actually submit a patch. It looks like this page is
intended for Committers (i.e. those with direct commit rights) but it doesn't
say anything about best practices when you *don't* have commit rights.
For what it’s worth the Tika project has this page:
[https://tika.apache.org/contribute.html], and their readme at
[https://github.com/apache/tika/]. Between them they have instructions on
where to file issues, how to submit patches through GitHub, and how to get
changes reviewed. That’s the kind of info for cTakes that I was looking for.
Other projects that I’ve worked with (Apache or otherwise) have taken patches
through email, or a bug tracker, or a system like Gerrit. I’m trying to find
out what cTakes is using.
I have changes that I would like to submit, but I am failing at the first
hurdle.
was:
I have been looking for instructions on how to submit changes to cTakes. It’s
been harder than I expected!
Firstly, I sent this as an email to
[d...@ctakes.apache.org|mailto:d...@ctakes.apache.org] twice, and it did not
get through both times. I am subscribed to the list. I presume that your spam
filter dropped it, which means that it is dropping legitimate email from list
subscribers.
On [https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CTAKES/cTAKES], there is a link
labeled "Become a committer”, but that goes to
[http://ctakes.apache.org/ppmc-faqs.html], which is a broken link.
I’m guessing that it was supposed to be
[https://ctakes.apache.org/pmc-faqs.html]. On that page, it says "we have
different kind of roles like user, developer, Committer ... The following are
conditions to become a Committer: 1. You have sent in patches ..." It doesn’t
say anything about how to actually send a patch.
On
[https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CTAKES/cTAKES+4.0+Developer+Install+Guide],
there is a description on how to get the source from Subversion, or Subversion
+ Git. It doesn’t explain why I would want to use two VCSs at the same time
(?). It also doesn’t say anything about submitting changes, either through svn
or git, nor GitHub or email.
On [https://ctakes.apache.org/developer-faqs.html], it says "Submit issues
using JIRA. Anyone may read the issues. You must be a contributor to add or
edit issues.” It doesn’t say how you become a contributor. It also isn't
true, because here I am submitting an issue on Jira. I don't know why it says
that in the FAQ. It initially put me off from filing a ticket.
On [https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CTAKES/Best+Practices] it says
to create a Jira ticket and mention it in the commit message, but it also
doesn’t say how to actually submit a patch. It looks like this page is
intended for Committers (i.e. those with direct commit rights) but it doesn't
say anything about best practices when you *don't* have commit rights.
For what it’s worth the Tika project has this page:
[https://tika.apache.org/contribute.html], and their readme at
[https://github.com/apache/tika/]. Between them they have instructions on
where to file issues, how to submit patch through GitHub, and how to get
changes reviewed. That’s the kind of info for cTakes that I was looking for.
Other projects that I’ve worked with (Apache or otherwise) have taken patches
through email, or a bug tracker, or a system like Gerrit. I’m trying to find
out what cTakes is using.
I have changes that I would like to submit, but I am failing at the first
hurdle.
> cTakes has no documentation on how to submit patches as an external
> contributor
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: CTAKES-499
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CTAKES-499
> Project: cTAKES
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Ewan Mellor
> Priority: Minor
>
> I have been looking for instructions on how to submit changes to cTakes.
> It’s been harder than I expected!
>
> Firstly, I sent this as an email to
> [d...@ctakes.apache.org|mailto:d...@ctakes.apache.org] twice, and it did not
> get through both times. I am subscribed to the list. I presume that your
> spam filter dropped it, which means that it is dropping legitimate email from
> list subscribers.
>
> On [https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CTAKES/cTAKES], there is a
> link labeled "Become a committer”, but that goes to
> [http://ctakes.apache.org/ppmc-faqs.html], which is a broken link.
>
> I’m guessing that it was supposed to be
> [https://ctakes.apache.org/pmc-faqs.html]. On that page, it says "we have
> different kind of roles like user, developer, Committer ... The following
> are conditions to become a Committer: 1. You have sent in patches ..." It
> doesn’t say anything about how to actually send a patch.
>
> On
> [https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CTAKES/cTAKES+4.0+Developer+Install+Guide],
> there is a description on how to get the source from Subversion, or
> Subversion + Git. It doesn’t explain why I would want to use two VCSs at the
> same time (?). It also doesn’t say anything about submitting changes, either
> through svn or git, nor GitHub or email.
>
> On [https://ctakes.apache.org/developer-faqs.html], it says "Submit issues
> using JIRA. Anyone may read the issues. You must be a contributor to add or
> edit issues.” It doesn’t say how you become a contributor. It also isn't
> true, because here I am submitting an issue on Jira. I don't know why it says
> that in the FAQ. It initially put me off from filing a ticket.
>
> On [https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CTAKES/Best+Practices] it
> says to create a Jira ticket and mention it in the commit message, but it
> also doesn’t say how to actually submit a patch. It looks like this page is
> intended for Committers (i.e. those with direct commit rights) but it doesn't
> say anything about best practices when you *don't* have commit rights.
>
> For what it’s worth the Tika project has this page:
> [https://tika.apache.org/contribute.html], and their readme at
> [https://github.com/apache/tika/]. Between them they have instructions on
> where to file issues, how to submit patches through GitHub, and how to get
> changes reviewed. That’s the kind of info for cTakes that I was looking for.
> Other projects that I’ve worked with (Apache or otherwise) have taken
> patches through email, or a bug tracker, or a system like Gerrit. I’m trying
> to find out what cTakes is using.
>
> I have changes that I would like to submit, but I am failing at the first
> hurdle.
>
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