[IPT] Request to be added as commiter

Shiraaz Moollatjie mllshi011 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 12 14:45:55 CEST 2011


Hi Tim,

Thanks alot for this information. I think as a start I would probably look
at the unit testing bit and then build on that knowledge to hopefully
contribute further to the project.

Kindest Regards,
Shiraaz

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Tim Robertson (GBIF)
<trobertson at gbif.org>wrote:

> Dear Shiraaz,
>
> Thank you for your interest in the IPT and willingness to contribute.  It
> would be fantastic to have external contributions.
>
> Like many open source projects, the way in which we would like to operate
> is to have contributors submit a patch, which would be reviewed by a
> committer.   Following some successful patches, the contributer would be
> welcomed as a committer.  As a fairly immature project, we don't yet have a
> large pool of contributers, so it is an exciting time to get involved early.
>
> The IPT is very lacking in unit test coverage as you mention and is
> highlighted in sonar[1].  Increasing the unit test coverage would be a good
> way to really help improve the project, and learn the code structure.
>
> We have just set up a review system[2] as well, which allows easier review
> of patches.  I would recommend offering a patch there and we can review it.
>
> Does this help to get started?
>
> Many thanks again for your interest,
> Tim
>
> [1] http://sonar.gbif.org/**dashboard/index/1498<http://sonar.gbif.org/dashboard/index/1498>
> [2] http://reviews.gbif.org
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 12, 2011, at 2:14 PM, Shiraaz Moollatjie wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>>
>> I am totally new to the open source development world and I noticed the
>> gbif-providertoolkit which seems interesting to me. Since I am totally new
>> to this (and probably breaking all sorts of etiquette involved, my apologies
>> if I am :) ) I was wondering what I can do to get started on the project? My
>> guess is that since I did not prove myself as a developer yet, I was hoping
>> to maybe add some unit tests or do some documentation tasks for the project?
>>
>> My apologies again if I am taking the wrong approach here. Hopefully you
>> will give me some direction :).
>>
>> Kindest Regards,
>> Shiraaz
>>
>
>
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