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Posted to dev@openoffice.apache.org by #PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN# <JA...@e.ntu.edu.sg> on 2015/10/28 13:27:42 UTC
University student looking for experience in contributing to Open
Office.
Hi,
As I have said previously, I am a 3rd year university student. I have more than 2 years experience with Java, C and Python and brief experience with C++ (although I believe I can pick up fairly easily). I also have very good knowledge of git and agile methodology and have done an internship at PayPal as a software engineer intern, where I used these technologies extensively. I need to contribute to an open source project of my choice for the next semester (ending in May 2016) and I would like to start now itself, to get familiar quickly. I picked Open Office since it is something I use daily (almost) and would like to contribute to. I am hoping to contribute to the Open Office codebase itself with new features, bug fixes, refactoring etc. I can contribute around 10-12 hours a week, and maybe more if there is a critical deadline to be met.
I have successfully built OpenOffice on Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) with the following output at the end of the build process
***********************************************************
Successful packaging process!
***********************************************************
copying log file to /Users/jatin1/repos/asf/openoffice/main/instsetoo_native/unxmaccx.pro/Apache_OpenOffice_SDK/dmg/install/log/log_AOO420_en-US.log
stopping log at Tue Oct 27 22:32:31 2015
Multiprocessing build is finished
Maximal number of processes run: 2
As for my development environment, I will be using CLion (by JetBrains) as my IDE, which comes integrated with SVN support, so I don’t have to muck around on the terminal.
The next step I would like to take is, as instructed previously, ask if anyone has any open projects that they would not mind mentoring me on. There is ample time for me (7-8 months), so time is not a critical issue.
By mentoring, I do not expect hand holding, but just very basic guidance, and I can give my shot at it.
Thanks,
Jatin
Re: University student looking for experience in contributing to
Open Office.
Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
On 08/11/2015 PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN wrote:
> I have a build of Open Office where I am able to reproduce the bug where creating a table in design mode does not work, and it does not respond to a click. I will get to looking at this issue now.
Thanks Jatin, I had missed your patches, happy to see them!
And about https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126622 the first
attempt I would do is reverting the patch applied to 4.1.2 as part of
issue https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121492 and check if
issues (which, by all discussions, are now considered to be
Mac-specific) go away by reverting it.
If this is the case, then the next step is reworking the patch from
https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121492 so that it doesn't have
side effects, but a simple revert could be tried just to see if the
problem is there or somewhere else.
Regards,
Andrea.
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Re: University student looking for experience in contributing to Open
Office.
Posted by #PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN# <JA...@e.ntu.edu.sg>.
Hi Andrea,
I have already started my journey and contributed two patches thus far, and I am now familiar with the process of executing a compatible build after modifying some code. I was thinking of working on updating the spreadsheet formulas with the BITAND and BITOR functions, but I can certainly put that on the back burner for the Base issue.
I have a build of Open Office where I am able to reproduce the bug where creating a table in design mode does not work, and it does not respond to a click. I will get to looking at this issue now.
I use Writer the most, followed closely by Impress. I would prefer working on issues that involve C++ code, since that is one of the main knowledge points I want to gain.
Thanks
Jatin
On 11/8/15, 1:11 AM, "Andrea Pescetti" <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
>Damjan Jovanovic wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 #PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN# wrote:
>>> I have successfully built OpenOffice on Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) ...
>>> The next step I would like to take is, as instructed previously, ask if
>>> anyone has any open projects that they would not mind mentoring me on.
>>
>> Is there anything in particular you would like to develop? I would be
>> willing to mentor you.
>
>Hello Jatin,
>if you prefer to play more with something specific before figuring out,
>as per Damjan's suggestion, something you wish to work on, you could
>start with a 4.1.2 bug that is currently being discussed.
>
>Apparently Base on Mac OS X (only on Mac OS X) has a bug that makes it
>impossible to create a table in design mode. It will help if you have
>available 4.1.1 (where this works), 4.1.2 (where this is reported to be
>broken) and your own build. You should confirm the bug on 4.1.2 and on
>your own (trunk) build. Then you can try reverting
>https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121492 and checking whether
>this fixes the problem. The relevant Bugzilla issue is
>https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126622 but it's highly
>recommended to read
>https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=80059 too.
>
>This would be a very nice way to start.
>
>Then, as Damjan wrote, you should tell us your preferences, at least the
>modules you use more often. One medium-size project related to Impress
>could be this one https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=122494 but
>this depends on your interests.
>
>Regards,
> Andrea.
Re: University student looking for experience in contributing to
Open Office.
Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
Damjan Jovanovic wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 #PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN# wrote:
>> I have successfully built OpenOffice on Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) ...
>> The next step I would like to take is, as instructed previously, ask if
>> anyone has any open projects that they would not mind mentoring me on.
>
> Is there anything in particular you would like to develop? I would be
> willing to mentor you.
Hello Jatin,
if you prefer to play more with something specific before figuring out,
as per Damjan's suggestion, something you wish to work on, you could
start with a 4.1.2 bug that is currently being discussed.
Apparently Base on Mac OS X (only on Mac OS X) has a bug that makes it
impossible to create a table in design mode. It will help if you have
available 4.1.1 (where this works), 4.1.2 (where this is reported to be
broken) and your own build. You should confirm the bug on 4.1.2 and on
your own (trunk) build. Then you can try reverting
https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121492 and checking whether
this fixes the problem. The relevant Bugzilla issue is
https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126622 but it's highly
recommended to read
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=80059 too.
This would be a very nice way to start.
Then, as Damjan wrote, you should tell us your preferences, at least the
modules you use more often. One medium-size project related to Impress
could be this one https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=122494 but
this depends on your interests.
Regards,
Andrea.
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Re: University student looking for experience in contributing to Open Office.
Posted by Damjan Jovanovic <da...@apache.org>.
On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 2:27 PM, #PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN# <
JATINSHR001@e.ntu.edu.sg> wrote:
> Hi,
> As I have said previously, I am a 3rd year university student. I have more
> than 2 years experience with Java, C and Python and brief experience with
> C++ (although I believe I can pick up fairly easily). I also have very good
> knowledge of git and agile methodology and have done an internship at
> PayPal as a software engineer intern, where I used these technologies
> extensively. I need to contribute to an open source project of my choice
> for the next semester (ending in May 2016) and I would like to start now
> itself, to get familiar quickly. I picked Open Office since it is something
> I use daily (almost) and would like to contribute to. I am hoping to
> contribute to the Open Office codebase itself with new features, bug fixes,
> refactoring etc. I can contribute around 10-12 hours a week, and maybe more
> if there is a critical deadline to be met.
>
> I have successfully built OpenOffice on Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) with the
> following output at the end of the build process
>
> ***********************************************************
>
> Successful packaging process!
>
> ***********************************************************
>
> copying log file to
> /Users/jatin1/repos/asf/openoffice/main/instsetoo_native/
> unxmaccx.pro/Apache_OpenOffice_SDK/dmg/install/log/log_AOO420_en-US.log
>
> stopping log at Tue Oct 27 22:32:31 2015
>
>
> Multiprocessing build is finished
>
> Maximal number of processes run: 2
>
>
>
>
> As for my development environment, I will be using CLion (by JetBrains) as
> my IDE, which comes integrated with SVN support, so I don’t have to muck
> around on the terminal.
>
>
>
> The next step I would like to take is, as instructed previously, ask if
> anyone has any open projects that they would not mind mentoring me on.
> There is ample time for me (7-8 months), so time is not a critical issue.
>
> By mentoring, I do not expect hand holding, but just very basic guidance,
> and I can give my shot at it.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jatin
>
>
>
Hi Jatin
Welcome to Apache OpenOffice. We appreciate any and all contributions. If
you are looking for some development ideas, you can do what I do: read
through Bugzilla to find something interesting to work on.
Is there anything in particular you would like to develop? I would be
willing to mentor you.
Damjan