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Augustina Ragwitz
July 24, 2013
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Transcript
Start Contributing to Perl, It's Easy!
Augustina Ragwitz
[email protected]
irc.perl.org: auggy freenode irc: mmmpork twitter: @mmmpork
Perl Wants You!
Open Source Software is “Free!”
Open Source is like Public Radio (well... more like Public
Access TV)
Want to pay your dues? Contribute!
Start Small
Small Code Patches
Documentation
Unit Tests
Learn the Process
New Code means New Context
Don't be intimidated no one is judging you
PEOPLE make up communities
Talk to the community
irc.perl.org #p5p #perl-help
Why do we need this talk?
Tribal Knowledge
Where can I contribute to Perl?
Perl Core a.k.a. Perl 5 Porters
dev.perl.org #p5p on irc.perl.org
[email protected]
Pumpkings
AKA Sucker of the Moment “I was told there would
be pumpkin pie!”
Submit a patch, become immortal!
Perl Core != C programming
Documentation
Patch supporting scripts
Improve unit test coverage
Check RT for bugs http://rt.perl.org
Whoa! A To-Do List! Porting/todo.pod
How to submit a patch: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlhack.html
Perlbug utility + helpful tips http://perldoc.perl.org/perlbug.html
The CPAN Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
AKA The Place Where Modules Live
MetaCPAN http://www.metacpan.org
PAUSE Perl Authors Upload Server http://pause.perl.org
CPAN Testers Test all the Modules on all the Perls
http://www.cpantesters.org
Cool Stats! http://stats.cpantesters.org
How can I contribute to CPAN?
File a bug
Struggled to use a module? Improve documentation!
Especially if the author helped you!
Did you change anything to make it work? Submit the
patch!
How to submit a patch to CPAN
Disclaimer: TIMTOWTDI
Step One: Get the source code
Check Metacpan Repository Information
Check the Module documentation
Last Resort: Download the tarball
Git::CPAN::Patch
Step Two: Hack, Hack, Hack
Step Three: Submit the patch
Has the author specified a bugtracker?
Examples: Github Bitbucket Sourceforge
GitHub http://www.github.com Make a “Pull Request”
If not, use RT http://rt.cpan.org
Send an email to RT and attach your patch
[email protected]
Use RT if: Author says to or No bugtracker information
How do I know my patch was submitted?
RT responds with an email
GitHub shows your pull request
What happens when I submit a patch?
Scenario One: Merged and Released!
Scenario Two: Author responds to bugtracker ticket
What if my patch is rejected? :(
Don't give up!!!
Use the author's feedback to fix your patch
What if the author doesn't respond... AT ALL!?
[email protected]
FORK!
How do I write a patch that's likely to get
merged?
Don't submit a large, complex patch Each issue gets its
own commit
Write clear commit messages
Be consistent with the author's style
Update documentation
Write tests
Include a changelog entry
Collaboration is FUN!
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