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Posted to dev@openoffice.apache.org by Jonathan Simona <js...@gmail.com> on 2013/01/09 23:04:22 UTC
Introduction and Question
Hello everyone, my name is Jonathan Simona and I currently am attending the
university: Cal Poly Pomona in California as a Computer Science major.
Currently, I am taking a class on Software Engineering, in which we are
required to join an open source project and submit two "non-trivial
modifications or additions" such as bug fixes or adding a feature over the
next two months.
Even though I have decent knowledge about programming, I actually have no
experience in fixing bugs nor the knowledge of how to go in and submit
patches that will fix/modify bugs/features on open source projects. Since
this community seemed very friendly towards new users, I was wondering if
someone would be willing to show me the ropes and possibly point out two
novice-like, yet still non trivial, things I could possibly work on.
I thank everyone for their time in reading this email and to anyone who is
willing to reply.
Re: Introduction and Question
Posted by Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <an...@pitonyak.org>.
On 01/09/2013 05:04 PM, Jonathan Simona wrote:
> Hello everyone, my name is Jonathan Simona and I currently am attending the
> university: Cal Poly Pomona in California as a Computer Science major.
> Currently, I am taking a class on Software Engineering, in which we are
> required to join an open source project and submit two "non-trivial
> modifications or additions" such as bug fixes or adding a feature over the
> next two months.
>
> Even though I have decent knowledge about programming, I actually have no
> experience in fixing bugs nor the knowledge of how to go in and submit
> patches that will fix/modify bugs/features on open source projects. Since
> this community seemed very friendly towards new users, I was wondering if
> someone would be willing to show me the ropes and possibly point out two
> novice-like, yet still non trivial, things I could possibly work on.
>
> I thank everyone for their time in reading this email and to anyone who is
> willing to reply.
I am surprised that there have been no answers. As a first step, I
recommend that you download the code and build it. Are you able to do that?
After you can build AOO, next, pick an area of interest for you. and
then perhaps look at the bug tracking system.
Sign up here:
http://www.openoffice.org/qa/ooQAReloaded/ooQA-ReportBugs.html
Poking around a bug like this might be informative, but it might be
tricky to find.
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=97539
This might be easier to find as a starter bug
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121509
--
Andrew Pitonyak
My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt
Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php
Re: Introduction and Question
Posted by Alexandro Colorado <jz...@oooes.org>.
On 1/11/13, Jonathan Simona <js...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks so much for the replies! Unfortunately I do not know how to build
> and run AOO and can't seem to find out because the wiki link seems to be
> down.I'm not sure if this problem is only occuring for me, but I will
> attempt to build when wiki comes back up.
While you do that, you can download the source:
http://openoffice.apache.org/source.html
>
> Wiki's error message:
> A database error has occurred. Did you forget to run maintenance/update.php
> after upgrading? See:
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading#Run_the_update_script
> Query: SELECT page_id,page_len,page_is_redirect,page_latest FROM `page`
> WHERE page_namespace = '10' AND page_title = 'Extension_DPL' LIMIT 1
> Function: LinkCache::addLinkObj
> Error: 1286 Unknown table engine 'InnoDB' (localhost)
>
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile
> <ar...@apache.org>wrote:
>
>> Hello Jonathan,
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 02:04:22PM -0800, Jonathan Simona wrote:
>> > Hello everyone, my name is Jonathan Simona and I currently am attending
>> the
>> > university: Cal Poly Pomona in California as a Computer Science major.
>> > Currently, I am taking a class on Software Engineering, in which we are
>> > required to join an open source project and submit two "non-trivial
>> > modifications or additions" such as bug fixes or adding a feature over
>> the
>> > next two months.
>> >
>> > Even though I have decent knowledge about programming, I actually have
>> > no
>> > experience in fixing bugs nor the knowledge of how to go in and submit
>> > patches that will fix/modify bugs/features on open source projects.
>> > Since
>> > this community seemed very friendly towards new users, I was wondering
>> > if
>> > someone would be willing to show me the ropes and possibly point out
>> > two
>> > novice-like, yet still non trivial, things I could possibly work on.
>> >
>> > I thank everyone for their time in reading this email and to anyone who
>> is
>> > willing to reply.
>>
>> As Andrew told you, the first step is to checkout the source from trunk,
>> and try to get your first build. You can find information on the
>> Building Guide:
>>
>> http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO
>>
>> I'd recommend you use git-svn instead of subversion. Also get a disk
>> with enough space: the source tree is ca. 2.6 Gb, and it grows up to ca.
>> 15 Gb in a non-pro build with symbols.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> --
>> Ariel Constenla-Haile
>> La Plata, Argentina
>>
>
--
Alexandro Colorado
PPMC Apache OpenOffice
http://es.openoffice.org
Re: Introduction and Question
Posted by Fan Zheng <zh...@gmail.com>.
HI:
Before running 'configure', you may need to run 'autoconf' for creating the
configure script.
Easyfan
2013/1/13 Ariel Constenla-Haile <ar...@apache.org>
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 08:00:04AM -0800, Jonathan Simona wrote:
> > Hi, unfortunately I'm currently using the Windows OS (I really should
> > switch to Linux). I've finished downloading the source code and am just
> > waiting to wiki to get back up so I can start trying to build it.
>
> The wiki is up. Looking at the Windows instructions, if you are using
> the VisualStudio 2008 Express Edition, in trunk there are new configure
> flags for enabling building with ATL from the Windows Driver SDK; run
> ./configure --help
>
>
>
> Regards
> --
> Ariel Constenla-Haile
> La Plata, Argentina
>
Re: Introduction and Question
Posted by Ariel Constenla-Haile <ar...@apache.org>.
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 08:00:04AM -0800, Jonathan Simona wrote:
> Hi, unfortunately I'm currently using the Windows OS (I really should
> switch to Linux). I've finished downloading the source code and am just
> waiting to wiki to get back up so I can start trying to build it.
The wiki is up. Looking at the Windows instructions, if you are using
the VisualStudio 2008 Express Edition, in trunk there are new configure
flags for enabling building with ATL from the Windows Driver SDK; run
./configure --help
Regards
--
Ariel Constenla-Haile
La Plata, Argentina
Re: Introduction and Question
Posted by Jonathan Simona <js...@gmail.com>.
Hi, unfortunately I'm currently using the Windows OS (I really should
switch to Linux). I've finished downloading the source code and am just
waiting to wiki to get back up so I can start trying to build it.
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:59 AM, Ariel Constenla-Haile
<ar...@apache.org>wrote:
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:22:24PM -0800, Jonathan Simona wrote:
> > Thanks so much for the replies! Unfortunately I do not know how to build
> > and run AOO and can't seem to find out because the wiki link seems to be
> > down.I'm not sure if this problem is only occuring for me, but I will
> > attempt to build when wiki comes back up.
> >
> > Wiki's error message:
> > A database error has occurred. Did you forget to run
> maintenance/update.php
> > after upgrading? See:
> > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading#Run_the_update_script
> > Query: SELECT page_id,page_len,page_is_redirect,page_latest FROM `page`
> > WHERE page_namespace = '10' AND page_title = 'Extension_DPL' LIMIT 1
> > Function: LinkCache::addLinkObj
> > Error: 1286 Unknown table engine 'InnoDB' (localhost)
>
> Yes, the wiki seems to be dead. While it gets fixed, you can checkout
> the source code.
>
> Are you working on Windows, Linux, MacOS? Depending on the system, you
> may have all the tools at hand to checkout source.
>
>
> Regards
> --
> Ariel Constenla-Haile
> La Plata, Argentina
>
Re: Introduction and Question
Posted by Ariel Constenla-Haile <ar...@apache.org>.
Hi Jonathan,
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:22:24PM -0800, Jonathan Simona wrote:
> Thanks so much for the replies! Unfortunately I do not know how to build
> and run AOO and can't seem to find out because the wiki link seems to be
> down.I'm not sure if this problem is only occuring for me, but I will
> attempt to build when wiki comes back up.
>
> Wiki's error message:
> A database error has occurred. Did you forget to run maintenance/update.php
> after upgrading? See:
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading#Run_the_update_script
> Query: SELECT page_id,page_len,page_is_redirect,page_latest FROM `page`
> WHERE page_namespace = '10' AND page_title = 'Extension_DPL' LIMIT 1
> Function: LinkCache::addLinkObj
> Error: 1286 Unknown table engine 'InnoDB' (localhost)
Yes, the wiki seems to be dead. While it gets fixed, you can checkout
the source code.
Are you working on Windows, Linux, MacOS? Depending on the system, you
may have all the tools at hand to checkout source.
Regards
--
Ariel Constenla-Haile
La Plata, Argentina
Re: Introduction and Question
Posted by Jonathan Simona <js...@gmail.com>.
Thanks so much for the replies! Unfortunately I do not know how to build
and run AOO and can't seem to find out because the wiki link seems to be
down.I'm not sure if this problem is only occuring for me, but I will
attempt to build when wiki comes back up.
Wiki's error message:
A database error has occurred. Did you forget to run maintenance/update.php
after upgrading? See:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading#Run_the_update_script
Query: SELECT page_id,page_len,page_is_redirect,page_latest FROM `page`
WHERE page_namespace = '10' AND page_title = 'Extension_DPL' LIMIT 1
Function: LinkCache::addLinkObj
Error: 1286 Unknown table engine 'InnoDB' (localhost)
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile
<ar...@apache.org>wrote:
> Hello Jonathan,
>
> On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 02:04:22PM -0800, Jonathan Simona wrote:
> > Hello everyone, my name is Jonathan Simona and I currently am attending
> the
> > university: Cal Poly Pomona in California as a Computer Science major.
> > Currently, I am taking a class on Software Engineering, in which we are
> > required to join an open source project and submit two "non-trivial
> > modifications or additions" such as bug fixes or adding a feature over
> the
> > next two months.
> >
> > Even though I have decent knowledge about programming, I actually have no
> > experience in fixing bugs nor the knowledge of how to go in and submit
> > patches that will fix/modify bugs/features on open source projects. Since
> > this community seemed very friendly towards new users, I was wondering if
> > someone would be willing to show me the ropes and possibly point out two
> > novice-like, yet still non trivial, things I could possibly work on.
> >
> > I thank everyone for their time in reading this email and to anyone who
> is
> > willing to reply.
>
> As Andrew told you, the first step is to checkout the source from trunk,
> and try to get your first build. You can find information on the
> Building Guide:
>
> http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO
>
> I'd recommend you use git-svn instead of subversion. Also get a disk
> with enough space: the source tree is ca. 2.6 Gb, and it grows up to ca.
> 15 Gb in a non-pro build with symbols.
>
>
> Regards
> --
> Ariel Constenla-Haile
> La Plata, Argentina
>
Re: Introduction and Question
Posted by Ariel Constenla-Haile <ar...@apache.org>.
Hello Jonathan,
On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 02:04:22PM -0800, Jonathan Simona wrote:
> Hello everyone, my name is Jonathan Simona and I currently am attending the
> university: Cal Poly Pomona in California as a Computer Science major.
> Currently, I am taking a class on Software Engineering, in which we are
> required to join an open source project and submit two "non-trivial
> modifications or additions" such as bug fixes or adding a feature over the
> next two months.
>
> Even though I have decent knowledge about programming, I actually have no
> experience in fixing bugs nor the knowledge of how to go in and submit
> patches that will fix/modify bugs/features on open source projects. Since
> this community seemed very friendly towards new users, I was wondering if
> someone would be willing to show me the ropes and possibly point out two
> novice-like, yet still non trivial, things I could possibly work on.
>
> I thank everyone for their time in reading this email and to anyone who is
> willing to reply.
As Andrew told you, the first step is to checkout the source from trunk,
and try to get your first build. You can find information on the
Building Guide:
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO
I'd recommend you use git-svn instead of subversion. Also get a disk
with enough space: the source tree is ca. 2.6 Gb, and it grows up to ca.
15 Gb in a non-pro build with symbols.
Regards
--
Ariel Constenla-Haile
La Plata, Argentina