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Student Project

Hello,

I am a *4th year* Computer Science student. As a part of a course - "The
Architecture of Open source technologies", I am required to contribute to
an open source project.

The project is needed to be done by a team of *3 members*.The semester ends
by* November*, so that gives me *three months* to work on the project. The
course requires us to work *8 hours a week*. Also, the course emphasizes on
making code contributions.

I am familiar with C,C++ and python, and I am eager to pick up additional
skills that are required.

Please could you help me in this task, as I am quite new to open source.

Looking forward to your response,
Thanks,
Deborah Digges.

Re: Student Project

Posted by Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com>.
On 09/01/2014 10:25 AM, Deborah Digges wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It's great to hear from you!
> * We work primarily on unix machines - ubuntu specifically. IDEs we have
> worked on include Eclipse, NetBeans and Aptana studio.

OK. Thanks for this information. For any work on the code, you will need
to do builds which can be done in a variety of ways. Historically the
OpenOffice builds were done with command line. But now more use of IDEs.
We can provide more information about this at some point.

> * I know git, but am not very experienced with it. I have worked briefly
> with perforce.

OK. Mainly this is needed if you need to submit patches for anything you
do for Apache OpenOffice.

> * The course evaluation would be in the beginning of December, so that
> gives us time till the end of November to complete the project.
> 
> If there is any more information I could provide you with, I'd be more than
> glad to.
> I'll be going through the link you've mentioned shortly. Once again, thank
> you for your response.
> 
> Regards,
> Deborah

No more information needed right now. You and your team might take a
look at the following developer information found in Developer
Documentation:

*  the Building Guide --
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO

* OpenOffice Architecture -- https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Architecture

* OpenOffice Development --
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/OfficeDev/Office_Development

We will try to get back to you with some project ideas by the end of the
week (Friday) -- maybe even specifically related to Ubuntu. In the
meantime, please feel free to continue communication with this list.


> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Deborah Digges <
>> deborah.gertrude.digges@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am a *4th year* Computer Science student. As a part of a course - "The
>>> Architecture of Open source technologies", I am required to contribute to
>>> an open source project.
>>>
>>> The project is needed to be done by a team of *3 members*.The semester
>> ends
>>> by* November*, so that gives me *three months* to work on the project.
>> The
>>> course requires us to work *8 hours a week*. Also, the course emphasizes
>> on
>>> making code contributions.
>>>
>>> I am familiar with C,C++ and python, and I am eager to pick up additional
>>> skills that are required.
>>>
>>> Please could you help me in this task, as I am quite new to open source.
>>>
>>> Looking forward to your response,
>>> Thanks,
>>> Deborah Digges.
>>>
>>
>> Hello Deborah --
>> Thanks for contacting Apache OpenOffice. We'd love to have you contribute
>> to this project.  We will try to identify a specific task for your team.
>>
>> First, I think we need more information from you to make this successful:
>>
>> * please tell us more about your development environment -- OS, IDE, etc
>> * what is your experience with source version management tools? svn, git,
>> etc
>> * your semester ends "by November" meaning the end of November?
>>
>> There are many references to open source participation available. Here's
>> one that gives a perspective from a participant's viewpoint that you may
>> find helpful.
>>
>>
>> http://blog.cobia.net/cobiacomm/2013/03/13/open-source-community-participation/
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> MzK
>>
>> "Nothing will work unless you do."
>>                 -- Maya Angelou
>>
> 

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Re: Student Project

Posted by Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com>.
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 6:17 AM, Deborah Digges <
deborah.gertrude.digges@gmail.com> wrote:

> This is the fix for https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125584.
>
> I'm sorry if this isn't the right way to share patches. Should I upload it
> as an attachment on the specific issue page?
>

yes...that's typically what is done.

Someone will test these out soon and comment in the issue itself about your
patch.

Meanwhile, great work!

on your other question re bug assignment. Once you get a BZ account, and
log in,you should be able to assign the issue to your self using "take" in
the "Assigned to:" field. If for some reason, this does not work, please
let us know.

Thanks again for your work.



> Thanks,
> Deborah Digges
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Deborah Digges <
> deborah.gertrude.digges@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello, I have been working on the bug
>> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125583, and have attached
>> the patch for it.
>> However, on rebuilding , I am unable to see the changes. What am I doing
>> wrong?
>> Also, please could you tell me how to assign a bug to myself.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Deborah Digges <
>> deborah.gertrude.digges@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you, I will have a look at the issues and get back to you with
>>> questions.
>>>
>>> It would be great if you could help us find a project for the team as a
>>> whole i.e. three members working for ~8hrs for  3 months.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Deborah Digges
>>> On Sep 5, 2014 1:46 AM, "Andrea Pescetti" <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 03/09/2014 Deborah Digges wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your help and time; I will take a look at the issues and
>>>>> try
>>>>> to solve some of them.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Two easy issues that I just filed are here:
>>>> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125583
>>>> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125584
>>>> If you wish to take care of those, just assign them to you (you will
>>>> need to register for Bugzilla if you haven't already). Feel free to ask
>>>> here for any clarifications.
>>>>
>>>>  I have completed the build and install, and have also taken a look at
>>>>> the
>>>>> architecture.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To fix the above, it will be handy for you to configure with
>>>> --with-package-format=installed ; so you will save the time that would
>>>> be spent in creating DEB packages (assuming your build was done with the
>>>> default options applying to Ubuntu).
>>>>
>>>>  If you do come across a project that has the needed mix of mentors,
>>>>> I'd be
>>>>> glad to be a part of it.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We could find something nice. Just a clarification: in your first mail,
>>>> you mentioned you are three students. Shall we find a task (or a collection
>>>> of tasks) for a team of three people working 8 hours/week for ~3 months or
>>>> for you only?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>   Andrea.
>>>>
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Re: Student Project

Posted by Deborah Digges <de...@gmail.com>.
This is the fix for https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125584.

I'm sorry if this isn't the right way to share patches. Should I upload it
as an attachment on the specific issue page?

Thanks,
Deborah Digges


On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Deborah Digges <
deborah.gertrude.digges@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, I have been working on the bug
> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125583, and have attached
> the patch for it.
> However, on rebuilding , I am unable to see the changes. What am I doing
> wrong?
> Also, please could you tell me how to assign a bug to myself.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Deborah Digges <
> deborah.gertrude.digges@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you, I will have a look at the issues and get back to you with
>> questions.
>>
>> It would be great if you could help us find a project for the team as a
>> whole i.e. three members working for ~8hrs for  3 months.
>> Thanks,
>> Deborah Digges
>> On Sep 5, 2014 1:46 AM, "Andrea Pescetti" <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/09/2014 Deborah Digges wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you for your help and time; I will take a look at the issues and
>>>> try
>>>> to solve some of them.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Two easy issues that I just filed are here:
>>> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125583
>>> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125584
>>> If you wish to take care of those, just assign them to you (you will
>>> need to register for Bugzilla if you haven't already). Feel free to ask
>>> here for any clarifications.
>>>
>>>  I have completed the build and install, and have also taken a look at
>>>> the
>>>> architecture.
>>>>
>>>
>>> To fix the above, it will be handy for you to configure with
>>> --with-package-format=installed ; so you will save the time that would
>>> be spent in creating DEB packages (assuming your build was done with the
>>> default options applying to Ubuntu).
>>>
>>>  If you do come across a project that has the needed mix of mentors, I'd
>>>> be
>>>> glad to be a part of it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> We could find something nice. Just a clarification: in your first mail,
>>> you mentioned you are three students. Shall we find a task (or a collection
>>> of tasks) for a team of three people working 8 hours/week for ~3 months or
>>> for you only?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>   Andrea.
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>

Re: Student Project

Posted by Regina Henschel <rb...@t-online.de>.
Hi Deborah,

Deborah Digges schrieb:
> Hi Regina,
>
> I looked through the documentation you sent me, but I wasn't able to figure
> out where exactly to start. Could you please help me out?

The code is indeed huge. But you can mimic the solutions you see for 
rectangles and ellipses. And therefore you should look how it is done 
for them.

You get an overview of the code in 
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Source_code_directories. It is not 
up-to-date, but in most parts are still valid. The sister project 
LibreOffice has some similar information in http://docs.libreoffice.org/ 
Although they made some changes in the structure most parts are still 
the same as in Apache OpenOffice.

Besides searching in your local copy of the code you can use OpenGrok
http://opengrok.adfinis-sygroup.org
Very useful is the 'File Path' field to restrict the search. You can 
enter a part of a path or you can exclude some paths from the search 
with a NOT before it.

===========

Such new feature has several aspects, some are necessary, some are not 
needed in the beginning.

Necessary:
Read it from file.
Keep the information.
Write the information back to file.

Next step would be to show the shape on screen.

I'm not sure whether parts of the API are needed in the beginning.

Not necessary in the beginning:
- Making an UI to generate the shape. For example OpenOffice has no UI 
to generate a custom shape. To test a new shape you can always easily 
write it into the file manually, using an editor.
- Having an import and export filter to foreign formats like pptx.
- Implementing the API for using the shape in macros (not sure, see above).

===========

Reading and writing to file is done in code part 'xmloff'. Most methods 
there are generic and will do the right things automatically. You will 
find some specific parts in e.g. classes SdXML..ShapeContext.

Shapes are implemented as "Primitive". Such primitive can decompose 
itself into polylines, which can be drawn directly. Please look, how it 
is done for rectangle and ellipse in modul svx, e.g in 
main/svx/inc/svx/sdr/primitive2d and main/svx/source/sdr/primitive2d/.

The lower parts of this decomposition is done in module basegfx, e.g. in 
b2dpolygontools.cxx
Shapes are defined as Unitshapes and scaled to the desired size by using 
a transformation.
There you will actually define the outline of the shape. Do you know the 
involved mathematics?

The shape related classes are organized hierarchical. This hierarchy 
determines, where an attribute is introduced. Find a diagram in 
http://docs.libreoffice.org/svx/html/classSdrObject.html Or look at 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/branches/alg/aw080/main/svx/inc/svx/svdobj.hxx?view=markup 
around line 285.
[The branch aw080 contains ongoing improvement work in Draw, for example 
change from integer to double and change to always use transformation 
matrices. The owner of this branch is Armin, our Draw expert.]

I hope this will help you to find relevant parts.

Kind regards
Regina



> On Sep 21, 2014 11:01 PM, "Regina Henschel" <rb...@t-online.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi Deborah,
>>
>> Deborah Digges schrieb:
>>
>>> Hi Regina,
>>>
>>> I am very much interested in this task . I'd love to go over the details
>>> with you, at your convenience. I'm not exactly sure what this means, but
>>> it
>>> sounds really interesting! I've started reading the chapter on the docs.
>>>
>>> I'll reach out to you with questions as I get them :)
>>>
>>
>> We will surely help you if necessary.
>>
>> Do you have made any progress? For example identify the areas where work
>> is needed in the code? Do you have already an idea where to start?
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Regina
>>
>>
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Deborah
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Regina Henschel <rb.henschel@t-online.de
>>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>   Hi Deborah,
>>>>
>>>> Deborah Digges schrieb:
>>>>
>>>>   I'll get in touch with the QA team right away. Thanks for all your help.
>>>>> I've uploaded the patches and set the appropriate flags for review
>>>>> request,  as indicated by Regina Henschel :)
>>>>> If there are any more such issues, I'd be glad to work on them,to
>>>>> familiarize myself with the whole process. Meanwhile,  I'll scout for
>>>>> issues on bugzilla.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I think you can start a larger project. Here is my proposal: Implement a
>>>> regular polygon. The request [1] is very old. In the meantime we have got
>>>> ODF1.2 specification [2] which defines the element
>>>> <draw:regular-polygon>.
>>>> The shape belongs to the primitive shapes, same as <draw:rect> or
>>>> <draw:circle> or <draw:ellipse>. To see such shape, you can use the
>>>> application Karbon from the Calligra suite and therein the shape "Star".
>>>> Calligra should be available from your Linux distributor.
>>>>
>>>> Apache OpenOffice has not yet implemented this kind of shape. Are you
>>>> interested in this task? If yes, we can speak about details.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards
>>>> Regina
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=18381
>>>> [2] http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument-
>>>> v1.2-os-part1.html chapter 10.3.6<draw:regular-polygon>
>>>>
>>>>
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Re: Student Project

Posted by Deborah Digges <de...@gmail.com>.
Hi Regina,

I looked through the documentation you sent me, but I wasn't able to figure
out where exactly to start. Could you please help me out?
On Sep 21, 2014 11:01 PM, "Regina Henschel" <rb...@t-online.de> wrote:

> Hi Deborah,
>
> Deborah Digges schrieb:
>
>> Hi Regina,
>>
>> I am very much interested in this task . I'd love to go over the details
>> with you, at your convenience. I'm not exactly sure what this means, but
>> it
>> sounds really interesting! I've started reading the chapter on the docs.
>>
>> I'll reach out to you with questions as I get them :)
>>
>
> We will surely help you if necessary.
>
> Do you have made any progress? For example identify the areas where work
> is needed in the code? Do you have already an idea where to start?
>
> Kind regards
> Regina
>
>
>
>> Thanks,
>> Deborah
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Regina Henschel <rb.henschel@t-online.de
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Hi Deborah,
>>>
>>> Deborah Digges schrieb:
>>>
>>>  I'll get in touch with the QA team right away. Thanks for all your help.
>>>> I've uploaded the patches and set the appropriate flags for review
>>>> request,  as indicated by Regina Henschel :)
>>>> If there are any more such issues, I'd be glad to work on them,to
>>>> familiarize myself with the whole process. Meanwhile,  I'll scout for
>>>> issues on bugzilla.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I think you can start a larger project. Here is my proposal: Implement a
>>> regular polygon. The request [1] is very old. In the meantime we have got
>>> ODF1.2 specification [2] which defines the element
>>> <draw:regular-polygon>.
>>> The shape belongs to the primitive shapes, same as <draw:rect> or
>>> <draw:circle> or <draw:ellipse>. To see such shape, you can use the
>>> application Karbon from the Calligra suite and therein the shape "Star".
>>> Calligra should be available from your Linux distributor.
>>>
>>> Apache OpenOffice has not yet implemented this kind of shape. Are you
>>> interested in this task? If yes, we can speak about details.
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>> Regina
>>>
>>> [1] https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=18381
>>> [2] http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument-
>>> v1.2-os-part1.html chapter 10.3.6<draw:regular-polygon>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
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Re: Student Project

Posted by Regina Henschel <rb...@t-online.de>.
Hi Deborah,

Deborah Digges schrieb:
> Hi Regina,
>
> I am very much interested in this task . I'd love to go over the details
> with you, at your convenience. I'm not exactly sure what this means, but it
> sounds really interesting! I've started reading the chapter on the docs.
>
> I'll reach out to you with questions as I get them :)

We will surely help you if necessary.

Do you have made any progress? For example identify the areas where work 
is needed in the code? Do you have already an idea where to start?

Kind regards
Regina


>
> Thanks,
> Deborah
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Regina Henschel <rb...@t-online.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Deborah,
>>
>> Deborah Digges schrieb:
>>
>>> I'll get in touch with the QA team right away. Thanks for all your help.
>>> I've uploaded the patches and set the appropriate flags for review
>>> request,  as indicated by Regina Henschel :)
>>> If there are any more such issues, I'd be glad to work on them,to
>>> familiarize myself with the whole process. Meanwhile,  I'll scout for
>>> issues on bugzilla.
>>>
>>
>> I think you can start a larger project. Here is my proposal: Implement a
>> regular polygon. The request [1] is very old. In the meantime we have got
>> ODF1.2 specification [2] which defines the element <draw:regular-polygon>.
>> The shape belongs to the primitive shapes, same as <draw:rect> or
>> <draw:circle> or <draw:ellipse>. To see such shape, you can use the
>> application Karbon from the Calligra suite and therein the shape "Star".
>> Calligra should be available from your Linux distributor.
>>
>> Apache OpenOffice has not yet implemented this kind of shape. Are you
>> interested in this task? If yes, we can speak about details.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Regina
>>
>> [1] https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=18381
>> [2] http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument-
>> v1.2-os-part1.html chapter 10.3.6<draw:regular-polygon>
>>
>>
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Re: Student Project

Posted by Deborah Digges <de...@gmail.com>.
Hi Regina,

I am very much interested in this task . I'd love to go over the details
with you, at your convenience. I'm not exactly sure what this means, but it
sounds really interesting! I've started reading the chapter on the docs.

I'll reach out to you with questions as I get them :)

Thanks,
Deborah



On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Regina Henschel <rb...@t-online.de>
wrote:

> Hi Deborah,
>
> Deborah Digges schrieb:
>
>> I'll get in touch with the QA team right away. Thanks for all your help.
>> I've uploaded the patches and set the appropriate flags for review
>> request,  as indicated by Regina Henschel :)
>> If there are any more such issues, I'd be glad to work on them,to
>> familiarize myself with the whole process. Meanwhile,  I'll scout for
>> issues on bugzilla.
>>
>
> I think you can start a larger project. Here is my proposal: Implement a
> regular polygon. The request [1] is very old. In the meantime we have got
> ODF1.2 specification [2] which defines the element <draw:regular-polygon>.
> The shape belongs to the primitive shapes, same as <draw:rect> or
> <draw:circle> or <draw:ellipse>. To see such shape, you can use the
> application Karbon from the Calligra suite and therein the shape "Star".
> Calligra should be available from your Linux distributor.
>
> Apache OpenOffice has not yet implemented this kind of shape. Are you
> interested in this task? If yes, we can speak about details.
>
> Kind regards
> Regina
>
> [1] https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=18381
> [2] http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument-
> v1.2-os-part1.html chapter 10.3.6<draw:regular-polygon>
>
>
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Re: Student Project

Posted by Regina Henschel <rb...@t-online.de>.
Hi Deborah,

Deborah Digges schrieb:
> I'll get in touch with the QA team right away. Thanks for all your help.
> I've uploaded the patches and set the appropriate flags for review
> request,  as indicated by Regina Henschel :)
> If there are any more such issues, I'd be glad to work on them,to
> familiarize myself with the whole process. Meanwhile,  I'll scout for
> issues on bugzilla.

I think you can start a larger project. Here is my proposal: Implement a 
regular polygon. The request [1] is very old. In the meantime we have 
got ODF1.2 specification [2] which defines the element 
<draw:regular-polygon>. The shape belongs to the primitive shapes, same 
as <draw:rect> or <draw:circle> or <draw:ellipse>. To see such shape, 
you can use the application Karbon from the Calligra suite and therein 
the shape "Star". Calligra should be available from your Linux distributor.

Apache OpenOffice has not yet implemented this kind of shape. Are you 
interested in this task? If yes, we can speak about details.

Kind regards
Regina

[1] https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=18381
[2] 
http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument-v1.2-os-part1.html chapter 
10.3.6<draw:regular-polygon>

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Re: Student Project

Posted by Deborah Digges <de...@gmail.com>.
I'll get in touch with the QA team right away. Thanks for all your help.
I've uploaded the patches and set the appropriate flags for review
request,  as indicated by Regina Henschel :)
If there are any more such issues, I'd be glad to work on them,to
familiarize myself with the whole process. Meanwhile,  I'll scout for
issues on bugzilla.

Thanks,
Deborah Digges
 On Sep 5, 2014 10:27 PM, "Andrea Pescetti" <pe...@apache.org> wrote:

> On 05/09/2014 Deborah Digges wrote:
>
>> I do not see the take command below "assigned to". I reckon I do not have
>> the required privileges. Should I go ahead and upload the patches anyway?
>>
>
> Sure, please do. And about the missing privileges: please send a mail to
> the QA list qa@openoffice.apache.org and ask to be added to the QA team
> in Bugzilla. This should give you higher privileges in issue handling.
> Please also state that you are asking for it in order to be able to assign
> issues to yourself (so, if there are any other tweaks to do, the Bugzilla
> admins will know what to do).
>
> Regards,
>   Andrea.
>
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Re: Student Project

Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
On 05/09/2014 Deborah Digges wrote:
> I do not see the take command below "assigned to". I reckon I do not have
> the required privileges. Should I go ahead and upload the patches anyway?

Sure, please do. And about the missing privileges: please send a mail to
the QA list qa@openoffice.apache.org and ask to be added to the QA team 
in Bugzilla. This should give you higher privileges in issue handling. 
Please also state that you are asking for it in order to be able to 
assign issues to yourself (so, if there are any other tweaks to do, the 
Bugzilla admins will know what to do).

Regards,
   Andrea.

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Re: Student Project

Posted by Deborah Digges <de...@gmail.com>.
I was running from /opt/openoffice4/program/soffice and wasn't seeing the
reflected changes. However, I was able to see the changes from /unxlngx6
.pro/Apache_OpenOffice/installed/install/en-US/openoffice4/program/soffice .
Thanks!

I do not see the take command below "assigned to". I reckon I do not have
the required privileges. Should I go ahead and upload the patches anyway?


On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Regina Henschel <rb...@t-online.de>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Andrea Pescetti schrieb:
>
>> On 05/09/2014 Deborah Digges wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, I have been working on the bug
>>> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125583, and have attached
>>> the patch for it.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks! Please attach the two patches to the respective bugs in
>> Bugzilla. What you should do is:
>> 1) Login at https://issues.apache.org/ooo/ (or create an account if you
>> don't have yet)
>> 2) Under "Assigned to", click "Take" to assign the issue to yourself
>> 3) Under "Issue Type" select PATCH
>> 4) Save the changes
>> 5) click on "Add an attachment" and attach your patch
>>
>
> 6) Set the type of the attachment to "Patch". Then there is a drop-down
> list "Flags" for review request. Set it to ? . That will generate a mail to
> the dev-list, so that all developers know of your work.
>
> Kind regards
> Regina
>
>
>
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Re: Student Project

Posted by Regina Henschel <rb...@t-online.de>.
Hi,

Andrea Pescetti schrieb:
> On 05/09/2014 Deborah Digges wrote:
>> Hello, I have been working on the bug
>> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125583, and have attached
>> the patch for it.
>
> Thanks! Please attach the two patches to the respective bugs in
> Bugzilla. What you should do is:
> 1) Login at https://issues.apache.org/ooo/ (or create an account if you
> don't have yet)
> 2) Under "Assigned to", click "Take" to assign the issue to yourself
> 3) Under "Issue Type" select PATCH
> 4) Save the changes
> 5) click on "Add an attachment" and attach your patch

6) Set the type of the attachment to "Patch". Then there is a drop-down 
list "Flags" for review request. Set it to ? . That will generate a mail 
to the dev-list, so that all developers know of your work.

Kind regards
Regina


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Re: Student Project

Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
On 05/09/2014 Deborah Digges wrote:
> Hello, I have been working on the bug
> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125583, and have attached
> the patch for it.

Thanks! Please attach the two patches to the respective bugs in 
Bugzilla. What you should do is:
1) Login at https://issues.apache.org/ooo/ (or create an account if you 
don't have yet)
2) Under "Assigned to", click "Take" to assign the issue to yourself
3) Under "Issue Type" select PATCH
4) Save the changes
5) click on "Add an attachment" and attach your patch

> However, on rebuilding , I am unable to see the changes. What am I doing
> wrong?

What configure options are you using? I recommended that you configured 
with --with-package-format=installed ; in that case you would find a 
ready-to-run copy of OpenOffice in 
main/instsetoo_native/unxlngx6.pro/Apache_OpenOffice/installed/install/en-US/openoffice4/program/soffice 
and you should simply execute it (no installation).

> Also, please could you tell me how to assign a bug to myself.

If you don't see the "Take" command just tell us, we may need to get 
some extra privileges assigned to you.

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Re: Student Project

Posted by Deborah Digges <de...@gmail.com>.
Hello, I have been working on the bug
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125583, and have attached the
patch for it.
However, on rebuilding , I am unable to see the changes. What am I doing
wrong?
Also, please could you tell me how to assign a bug to myself.



On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Deborah Digges <
deborah.gertrude.digges@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you, I will have a look at the issues and get back to you with
> questions.
>
> It would be great if you could help us find a project for the team as a
> whole i.e. three members working for ~8hrs for  3 months.
> Thanks,
> Deborah Digges
> On Sep 5, 2014 1:46 AM, "Andrea Pescetti" <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> On 03/09/2014 Deborah Digges wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you for your help and time; I will take a look at the issues and
>>> try
>>> to solve some of them.
>>>
>>
>> Two easy issues that I just filed are here:
>> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125583
>> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125584
>> If you wish to take care of those, just assign them to you (you will need
>> to register for Bugzilla if you haven't already). Feel free to ask here for
>> any clarifications.
>>
>>  I have completed the build and install, and have also taken a look at the
>>> architecture.
>>>
>>
>> To fix the above, it will be handy for you to configure with
>> --with-package-format=installed ; so you will save the time that would
>> be spent in creating DEB packages (assuming your build was done with the
>> default options applying to Ubuntu).
>>
>>  If you do come across a project that has the needed mix of mentors, I'd
>>> be
>>> glad to be a part of it.
>>>
>>
>> We could find something nice. Just a clarification: in your first mail,
>> you mentioned you are three students. Shall we find a task (or a collection
>> of tasks) for a team of three people working 8 hours/week for ~3 months or
>> for you only?
>>
>> Regards,
>>   Andrea.
>>
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>>
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Re: Student Project

Posted by Deborah Digges <de...@gmail.com>.
Thank you, I will have a look at the issues and get back to you with
questions.

It would be great if you could help us find a project for the team as a
whole i.e. three members working for ~8hrs for  3 months.
Thanks,
Deborah Digges
On Sep 5, 2014 1:46 AM, "Andrea Pescetti" <pe...@apache.org> wrote:

> On 03/09/2014 Deborah Digges wrote:
>
>> Thank you for your help and time; I will take a look at the issues and try
>> to solve some of them.
>>
>
> Two easy issues that I just filed are here:
> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125583
> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125584
> If you wish to take care of those, just assign them to you (you will need
> to register for Bugzilla if you haven't already). Feel free to ask here for
> any clarifications.
>
>  I have completed the build and install, and have also taken a look at the
>> architecture.
>>
>
> To fix the above, it will be handy for you to configure with
> --with-package-format=installed ; so you will save the time that would be
> spent in creating DEB packages (assuming your build was done with the
> default options applying to Ubuntu).
>
>  If you do come across a project that has the needed mix of mentors, I'd be
>> glad to be a part of it.
>>
>
> We could find something nice. Just a clarification: in your first mail,
> you mentioned you are three students. Shall we find a task (or a collection
> of tasks) for a team of three people working 8 hours/week for ~3 months or
> for you only?
>
> Regards,
>   Andrea.
>
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Re: Student Project

Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
On 03/09/2014 Deborah Digges wrote:
> Thank you for your help and time; I will take a look at the issues and try
> to solve some of them.

Two easy issues that I just filed are here:
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125583
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125584
If you wish to take care of those, just assign them to you (you will 
need to register for Bugzilla if you haven't already). Feel free to ask 
here for any clarifications.

> I have completed the build and install, and have also taken a look at the
> architecture.

To fix the above, it will be handy for you to configure with 
--with-package-format=installed ; so you will save the time that would 
be spent in creating DEB packages (assuming your build was done with the 
default options applying to Ubuntu).

> If you do come across a project that has the needed mix of mentors, I'd be
> glad to be a part of it.

We could find something nice. Just a clarification: in your first mail, 
you mentioned you are three students. Shall we find a task (or a 
collection of tasks) for a team of three people working 8 hours/week for 
~3 months or for you only?

Regards,
   Andrea.

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Re: Student Project

Posted by Deborah Digges <de...@gmail.com>.
Hello,

Thank you, Amali. I'm currently working on version 12.04 .
Thanks,
Deborah Digges
On Sep 4, 2014 2:05 AM, "Amali Praveena Soban Kumar" <
samalipraveena@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> Hi Deborah,
> It is great you finished the build and install so quickly; which version
> of Ubuntu are you using?
> Thanks,
> Amali.
>
>
> On Thursday, 4 September 2014, 3:15, Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> On 09/03/2014 06:37 AM, Deborah Digges wrote:
> > Thank you for your help and time; I will take a look at the issues and
> try
> > to solve some of them.
> >
> > I have completed the build and install, and have also taken a look at the
> > architecture.
>
> Great news that you succeeded with your build! This is really super!
>
> > If you do come across a project that has the needed mix of mentors, I'd
> be
> > glad to be a part of it.
>
> Mostly, I didn't want to delay your efforts to find a semester project.
> Hopefully, you'll find some of the "easy" fixes to your liking.
>
> Hoping we can hear more from you and your team soon. Keep up the good work!
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 5:56 AM, Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On 09/01/2014 10:25 AM, Deborah Digges wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> It's great to hear from you!
> >>> * We work primarily on unix machines - ubuntu specifically. IDEs we
> have
> >>> worked on include Eclipse, NetBeans and Aptana studio.
> >>> * I know git, but am not very experienced with it. I have worked
> briefly
> >>> with perforce.
> >>> * The course evaluation would be in the beginning of December, so that
> >>> gives us time till the end of November to complete the project.
> >>>
> >>> If there is any more information I could provide you with, I'd be more
> >> than
> >>> glad to.
> >>> I'll be going through the link you've mentioned shortly. Once again,
> >> thank
> >>> you for your response.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Deborah
> >>
> >> The specific project I was thinking about seems to be lacking in the
> >> needed mix of mentors at the moment.
> >>
> >> We do have a listing of "easy" and "simple" hacks from our development
> >> orientation page:
> >>
> >> http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-development.html
> >>
> >> Feel free to take a look at these, and get involved by fixing some of
> >> these issues if you like. We have quite a number of Ubuntu builders who
> >> can answer questions on this list. Good luck with your open source
> project.
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Deborah Digges <
> >>>> deborah.gertrude.digges@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hello,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I am a *4th year* Computer Science student. As a part of a course -
> >> "The
> >>>>> Architecture of Open source technologies", I am required to
> contribute
> >> to
> >>>>> an open source project.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The project is needed to be done by a team of *3 members*.The
> semester
> >>>> ends
> >>>>> by* November*, so that gives me *three months* to work on the
> project.
> >>>> The
> >>>>> course requires us to work *8 hours a week*. Also, the course
> >> emphasizes
> >>>> on
> >>>>> making code contributions.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I am familiar with C,C++ and python, and I am eager to pick up
> >> additional
> >>>>> skills that are required.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Please could you help me in this task, as I am quite new to open
> >> source.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Looking forward to your response,
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Deborah Digges.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello Deborah --
> >>>> Thanks for contacting Apache OpenOffice. We'd love to have you
> >> contribute
> >>>> to this project.  We will try to identify a specific task for your
> team.
> >>>>
> >>>> First, I think we need more information from you to make this
> >> successful:
> >>>>
> >>>> * please tell us more about your development environment -- OS, IDE,
> etc
> >>>> * what is your experience with source version management tools? svn,
> >> git,
> >>>> etc
> >>>> * your semester ends "by November" meaning the end of November?
> >>>>
> >>>> There are many references to open source participation available.
> Here's
> >>>> one that gives a perspective from a participant's viewpoint that you
> may
> >>>> find helpful.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> http://blog.cobia.net/cobiacomm/2013/03/13/open-source-community-participation/
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>> MzK
> >>>>
> >>>> "Nothing will work unless you do."
> >>>>                 -- Maya Angelou
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> MzK
> >>
> >> "Nothing will work unless you do."
> >>             -- Maya Angelou
> >>
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>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
> --
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>
> "Nothing will work unless you do."
>             -- Maya Angelou
>
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Re: Student Project

Posted by Amali Praveena Soban Kumar <sa...@yahoo.com.au>.
Hi Deborah,
It is great you finished the build and install so quickly; which version of Ubuntu are you using?
Thanks,
Amali. 


On Thursday, 4 September 2014, 3:15, Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
  




On 09/03/2014 06:37 AM, Deborah Digges wrote:
> Thank you for your help and time; I will take a look at the issues and try
> to solve some of them.
> 
> I have completed the build and install, and have also taken a look at the
> architecture.

Great news that you succeeded with your build! This is really super!

> If you do come across a project that has the needed mix of mentors, I'd be
> glad to be a part of it.

Mostly, I didn't want to delay your efforts to find a semester project.
Hopefully, you'll find some of the "easy" fixes to your liking.

Hoping we can hear more from you and your team soon. Keep up the good work!

> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 5:56 AM, Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> On 09/01/2014 10:25 AM, Deborah Digges wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> It's great to hear from you!
>>> * We work primarily on unix machines - ubuntu specifically. IDEs we have
>>> worked on include Eclipse, NetBeans and Aptana studio.
>>> * I know git, but am not very experienced with it. I have worked briefly
>>> with perforce.
>>> * The course evaluation would be in the beginning of December, so that
>>> gives us time till the end of November to complete the project.
>>>
>>> If there is any more information I could provide you with, I'd be more
>> than
>>> glad to.
>>> I'll be going through the link you've mentioned shortly. Once again,
>> thank
>>> you for your response.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Deborah
>>
>> The specific project I was thinking about seems to be lacking in the
>> needed mix of mentors at the moment.
>>
>> We do have a listing of "easy" and "simple" hacks from our development
>> orientation page:
>>
>> http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-development.html
>>
>> Feel free to take a look at these, and get involved by fixing some of
>> these issues if you like. We have quite a number of Ubuntu builders who
>> can answer questions on this list. Good luck with your open source project.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Deborah Digges <
>>>> deborah.gertrude.digges@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am a *4th year* Computer Science student. As a part of a course -
>> "The
>>>>> Architecture of Open source technologies", I am required to contribute
>> to
>>>>> an open source project.
>>>>>
>>>>> The project is needed to be done by a team of *3 members*.The semester
>>>> ends
>>>>> by* November*, so that gives me *three months* to work on the project.
>>>> The
>>>>> course requires us to work *8 hours a week*. Also, the course
>> emphasizes
>>>> on
>>>>> making code contributions.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am familiar with C,C++ and python, and I am eager to pick up
>> additional
>>>>> skills that are required.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please could you help me in this task, as I am quite new to open
>> source.
>>>>>
>>>>> Looking forward to your response,
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Deborah Digges.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello Deborah --
>>>> Thanks for contacting Apache OpenOffice. We'd love to have you
>> contribute
>>>> to this project.  We will try to identify a specific task for your team.
>>>>
>>>> First, I think we need more information from you to make this
>> successful:
>>>>
>>>> * please tell us more about your development environment -- OS, IDE, etc
>>>> * what is your experience with source version management tools? svn,
>> git,
>>>> etc
>>>> * your semester ends "by November" meaning the end of November?
>>>>
>>>> There are many references to open source participation available. Here's
>>>> one that gives a perspective from a participant's viewpoint that you may
>>>> find helpful.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>> http://blog.cobia.net/cobiacomm/2013/03/13/open-source-community-participation/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> MzK
>>>>
>>>> "Nothing will work unless you do."
>>>>                 -- Maya Angelou
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> MzK
>>
>> "Nothing will work unless you do."
>>             -- Maya Angelou
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>
>>
> 

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Re: Student Project

Posted by Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com>.

On 09/03/2014 06:37 AM, Deborah Digges wrote:
> Thank you for your help and time; I will take a look at the issues and try
> to solve some of them.
> 
> I have completed the build and install, and have also taken a look at the
> architecture.

Great news that you succeeded with your build! This is really super!

> If you do come across a project that has the needed mix of mentors, I'd be
> glad to be a part of it.

Mostly, I didn't want to delay your efforts to find a semester project.
Hopefully, you'll find some of the "easy" fixes to your liking.

Hoping we can hear more from you and your team soon. Keep up the good work!

> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 5:56 AM, Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> On 09/01/2014 10:25 AM, Deborah Digges wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> It's great to hear from you!
>>> * We work primarily on unix machines - ubuntu specifically. IDEs we have
>>> worked on include Eclipse, NetBeans and Aptana studio.
>>> * I know git, but am not very experienced with it. I have worked briefly
>>> with perforce.
>>> * The course evaluation would be in the beginning of December, so that
>>> gives us time till the end of November to complete the project.
>>>
>>> If there is any more information I could provide you with, I'd be more
>> than
>>> glad to.
>>> I'll be going through the link you've mentioned shortly. Once again,
>> thank
>>> you for your response.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Deborah
>>
>> The specific project I was thinking about seems to be lacking in the
>> needed mix of mentors at the moment.
>>
>> We do have a listing of "easy" and "simple" hacks from our development
>> orientation page:
>>
>> http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-development.html
>>
>> Feel free to take a look at these, and get involved by fixing some of
>> these issues if you like. We have quite a number of Ubuntu builders who
>> can answer questions on this list. Good luck with your open source project.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Deborah Digges <
>>>> deborah.gertrude.digges@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am a *4th year* Computer Science student. As a part of a course -
>> "The
>>>>> Architecture of Open source technologies", I am required to contribute
>> to
>>>>> an open source project.
>>>>>
>>>>> The project is needed to be done by a team of *3 members*.The semester
>>>> ends
>>>>> by* November*, so that gives me *three months* to work on the project.
>>>> The
>>>>> course requires us to work *8 hours a week*. Also, the course
>> emphasizes
>>>> on
>>>>> making code contributions.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am familiar with C,C++ and python, and I am eager to pick up
>> additional
>>>>> skills that are required.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please could you help me in this task, as I am quite new to open
>> source.
>>>>>
>>>>> Looking forward to your response,
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Deborah Digges.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello Deborah --
>>>> Thanks for contacting Apache OpenOffice. We'd love to have you
>> contribute
>>>> to this project.  We will try to identify a specific task for your team.
>>>>
>>>> First, I think we need more information from you to make this
>> successful:
>>>>
>>>> * please tell us more about your development environment -- OS, IDE, etc
>>>> * what is your experience with source version management tools? svn,
>> git,
>>>> etc
>>>> * your semester ends "by November" meaning the end of November?
>>>>
>>>> There are many references to open source participation available. Here's
>>>> one that gives a perspective from a participant's viewpoint that you may
>>>> find helpful.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>> http://blog.cobia.net/cobiacomm/2013/03/13/open-source-community-participation/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> MzK
>>>>
>>>> "Nothing will work unless you do."
>>>>                 -- Maya Angelou
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> MzK
>>
>> "Nothing will work unless you do."
>>             -- Maya Angelou
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>
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Re: Student Project

Posted by Deborah Digges <de...@gmail.com>.
Thank you for your help and time; I will take a look at the issues and try
to solve some of them.

I have completed the build and install, and have also taken a look at the
architecture.
If you do come across a project that has the needed mix of mentors, I'd be
glad to be a part of it.






On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 5:56 AM, Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 09/01/2014 10:25 AM, Deborah Digges wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > It's great to hear from you!
> > * We work primarily on unix machines - ubuntu specifically. IDEs we have
> > worked on include Eclipse, NetBeans and Aptana studio.
> > * I know git, but am not very experienced with it. I have worked briefly
> > with perforce.
> > * The course evaluation would be in the beginning of December, so that
> > gives us time till the end of November to complete the project.
> >
> > If there is any more information I could provide you with, I'd be more
> than
> > glad to.
> > I'll be going through the link you've mentioned shortly. Once again,
> thank
> > you for your response.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Deborah
>
> The specific project I was thinking about seems to be lacking in the
> needed mix of mentors at the moment.
>
> We do have a listing of "easy" and "simple" hacks from our development
> orientation page:
>
> http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-development.html
>
> Feel free to take a look at these, and get involved by fixing some of
> these issues if you like. We have quite a number of Ubuntu builders who
> can answer questions on this list. Good luck with your open source project.
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Deborah Digges <
> >> deborah.gertrude.digges@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> I am a *4th year* Computer Science student. As a part of a course -
> "The
> >>> Architecture of Open source technologies", I am required to contribute
> to
> >>> an open source project.
> >>>
> >>> The project is needed to be done by a team of *3 members*.The semester
> >> ends
> >>> by* November*, so that gives me *three months* to work on the project.
> >> The
> >>> course requires us to work *8 hours a week*. Also, the course
> emphasizes
> >> on
> >>> making code contributions.
> >>>
> >>> I am familiar with C,C++ and python, and I am eager to pick up
> additional
> >>> skills that are required.
> >>>
> >>> Please could you help me in this task, as I am quite new to open
> source.
> >>>
> >>> Looking forward to your response,
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Deborah Digges.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Hello Deborah --
> >> Thanks for contacting Apache OpenOffice. We'd love to have you
> contribute
> >> to this project.  We will try to identify a specific task for your team.
> >>
> >> First, I think we need more information from you to make this
> successful:
> >>
> >> * please tell us more about your development environment -- OS, IDE, etc
> >> * what is your experience with source version management tools? svn,
> git,
> >> etc
> >> * your semester ends "by November" meaning the end of November?
> >>
> >> There are many references to open source participation available. Here's
> >> one that gives a perspective from a participant's viewpoint that you may
> >> find helpful.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://blog.cobia.net/cobiacomm/2013/03/13/open-source-community-participation/
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> MzK
> >>
> >> "Nothing will work unless you do."
> >>                 -- Maya Angelou
> >>
> >
>
> --
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> MzK
>
> "Nothing will work unless you do."
>             -- Maya Angelou
>
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Re: Student Project

Posted by Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com>.

On 09/01/2014 10:25 AM, Deborah Digges wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It's great to hear from you!
> * We work primarily on unix machines - ubuntu specifically. IDEs we have
> worked on include Eclipse, NetBeans and Aptana studio.
> * I know git, but am not very experienced with it. I have worked briefly
> with perforce.
> * The course evaluation would be in the beginning of December, so that
> gives us time till the end of November to complete the project.
> 
> If there is any more information I could provide you with, I'd be more than
> glad to.
> I'll be going through the link you've mentioned shortly. Once again, thank
> you for your response.
> 
> Regards,
> Deborah

The specific project I was thinking about seems to be lacking in the
needed mix of mentors at the moment.

We do have a listing of "easy" and "simple" hacks from our development
orientation page:

http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-development.html

Feel free to take a look at these, and get involved by fixing some of
these issues if you like. We have quite a number of Ubuntu builders who
can answer questions on this list. Good luck with your open source project.


> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Deborah Digges <
>> deborah.gertrude.digges@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am a *4th year* Computer Science student. As a part of a course - "The
>>> Architecture of Open source technologies", I am required to contribute to
>>> an open source project.
>>>
>>> The project is needed to be done by a team of *3 members*.The semester
>> ends
>>> by* November*, so that gives me *three months* to work on the project.
>> The
>>> course requires us to work *8 hours a week*. Also, the course emphasizes
>> on
>>> making code contributions.
>>>
>>> I am familiar with C,C++ and python, and I am eager to pick up additional
>>> skills that are required.
>>>
>>> Please could you help me in this task, as I am quite new to open source.
>>>
>>> Looking forward to your response,
>>> Thanks,
>>> Deborah Digges.
>>>
>>
>> Hello Deborah --
>> Thanks for contacting Apache OpenOffice. We'd love to have you contribute
>> to this project.  We will try to identify a specific task for your team.
>>
>> First, I think we need more information from you to make this successful:
>>
>> * please tell us more about your development environment -- OS, IDE, etc
>> * what is your experience with source version management tools? svn, git,
>> etc
>> * your semester ends "by November" meaning the end of November?
>>
>> There are many references to open source participation available. Here's
>> one that gives a perspective from a participant's viewpoint that you may
>> find helpful.
>>
>>
>> http://blog.cobia.net/cobiacomm/2013/03/13/open-source-community-participation/
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> MzK
>>
>> "Nothing will work unless you do."
>>                 -- Maya Angelou
>>
> 

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Re: Student Project

Posted by Deborah Digges <de...@gmail.com>.
Hello,

It's great to hear from you!
* We work primarily on unix machines - ubuntu specifically. IDEs we have
worked on include Eclipse, NetBeans and Aptana studio.
* I know git, but am not very experienced with it. I have worked briefly
with perforce.
* The course evaluation would be in the beginning of December, so that
gives us time till the end of November to complete the project.

If there is any more information I could provide you with, I'd be more than
glad to.
I'll be going through the link you've mentioned shortly. Once again, thank
you for your response.

Regards,
Deborah



On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Deborah Digges <
> deborah.gertrude.digges@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am a *4th year* Computer Science student. As a part of a course - "The
> > Architecture of Open source technologies", I am required to contribute to
> > an open source project.
> >
> > The project is needed to be done by a team of *3 members*.The semester
> ends
> > by* November*, so that gives me *three months* to work on the project.
> The
> > course requires us to work *8 hours a week*. Also, the course emphasizes
> on
> > making code contributions.
> >
> > I am familiar with C,C++ and python, and I am eager to pick up additional
> > skills that are required.
> >
> > Please could you help me in this task, as I am quite new to open source.
> >
> > Looking forward to your response,
> > Thanks,
> > Deborah Digges.
> >
>
> Hello Deborah --
> Thanks for contacting Apache OpenOffice. We'd love to have you contribute
> to this project.  We will try to identify a specific task for your team.
>
> First, I think we need more information from you to make this successful:
>
> * please tell us more about your development environment -- OS, IDE, etc
> * what is your experience with source version management tools? svn, git,
> etc
> * your semester ends "by November" meaning the end of November?
>
> There are many references to open source participation available. Here's
> one that gives a perspective from a participant's viewpoint that you may
> find helpful.
>
>
> http://blog.cobia.net/cobiacomm/2013/03/13/open-source-community-participation/
>
>
> --
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> MzK
>
> "Nothing will work unless you do."
>                 -- Maya Angelou
>

Re: Student Project

Posted by Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com>.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Deborah Digges <
deborah.gertrude.digges@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am a *4th year* Computer Science student. As a part of a course - "The
> Architecture of Open source technologies", I am required to contribute to
> an open source project.
>
> The project is needed to be done by a team of *3 members*.The semester ends
> by* November*, so that gives me *three months* to work on the project. The
> course requires us to work *8 hours a week*. Also, the course emphasizes on
> making code contributions.
>
> I am familiar with C,C++ and python, and I am eager to pick up additional
> skills that are required.
>
> Please could you help me in this task, as I am quite new to open source.
>
> Looking forward to your response,
> Thanks,
> Deborah Digges.
>

Hello Deborah --
Thanks for contacting Apache OpenOffice. We'd love to have you contribute
to this project.  We will try to identify a specific task for your team.

First, I think we need more information from you to make this successful:

* please tell us more about your development environment -- OS, IDE, etc
* what is your experience with source version management tools? svn, git,
etc
* your semester ends "by November" meaning the end of November?

There are many references to open source participation available. Here's
one that gives a perspective from a participant's viewpoint that you may
find helpful.

http://blog.cobia.net/cobiacomm/2013/03/13/open-source-community-participation/


-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MzK

"Nothing will work unless you do."
                -- Maya Angelou

Re: Student Project

Posted by Ariel Constenla-Haile <ar...@apache.org>.
Hello Deborah,

On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 01:49:35PM +0530, Deborah Digges wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am a *4th year* Computer Science student. As a part of a course
> - "The Architecture of Open source technologies", I am required to
> contribute to an open source project.
> 
> The project is needed to be done by a team of *3 members*.The semester
> ends by* November*, so that gives me *three months* to work on the
> project. The course requires us to work *8 hours a week*. Also, the
> course emphasizes on making code contributions.
> 
> I am familiar with C,C++ and python, and I am eager to pick up
> additional skills that are required.
> 
> Please could you help me in this task, as I am quite new to open
> source.

For this period of time, and due to the complexity of the code base, you
might be interested in something more self-contained, like a "Content
Provider" or a data base driver; for example, you can take the idea of
a CMIS Content Provider that was part of a Google Summer of Code that
wasn't completed; searching the mailing list for the subject CMIS you
can find several mails
http://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Aorg.apache.incubator-ooo.dev+subject%3Acmis
and the extension skeleton at
http://people.apache.org/~arielch/extensions/CMISContentProvider.zip

As you'll see, a "Content Provider" can be developed as an extension,
there is no need for you to learn nor modify OpenOffice source code.


Regards
-- 
Ariel Constenla-Haile
La Plata, Argentina