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Aaron Patterson
March 03, 2015
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Aaron Patterson @tenderlove
About Me
WWFMD
Amateur Charcutier
ruby-core rails-core
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Job Title: Corey Haines
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Gorbachev Puff-Puff Thunderhorse
@gorbypuff
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of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies.
Giving Back A practical guide to OSS contributions
Your OSS Career BEGINNER ADVANCED OMG!
OSS Skills Project Knowledge Help Yourself Help Others
Advantageous
Practice.
Your Job.
It feels good.
Beginner
Where do I start?
Choose a project.
Candidates ❤ Something that’s fun ❤ Something for work ❤
Something that’s painful
Something you use.
Contributing starts with using.
Ask Questions. (publicly)
Asking ❤ When I do X ❤ It does Y
❤ But I expected Z
Keep it short.
Keep it simple.
Respond with the answer.
Say “thank you”
Troubleshooting ❤ Appropriate forum? ❤ Has enough time passed? ❤
Wide enough audience?
Ask Questions. (in person)
Report Bugs. (publicly)
Reporting ❤ When I do X ❤ It does Y
❤ But I expected Z
Read the patch.
Answer Questions.
Advanced Bug Reporting.
Try to diagnose the problem.
Incomplete patches are OK
Help Yourself
Advanced
Identification
None
Rakefile
Rakefile Jeweler::Tasks Hoe.spec Jeweler Hoe
Gemfile name.gemspec
Dependencies ❤ Rakefile (extra_dev_deps) ❤ gemspec (extra_dev_deps) ❤ Gemfile
Bundler $ bundle
Hoe $ rake newb
Jeweler $ gem install a b c
Tests
test/* (probably minitest or test/unit)
rake test
spec/* (probably rspec)
rake spec
C / C++
$ ls . autoconf configure Makefile src/somefile.c somefile.cpp $ C
/ C++
$ autoconf $ ./configure $ make C / C++ Building
Dependencies C / C++
LOL! C / C++
C / C++ 1.Run configure 2.Did it work? Goto 4
3.Install stuff. Goto 1 4.Run make 5.Did it work? Goto 7 6.Install stuff. Goto 4. 7.Have a cookie!
Tests C / C++
LOL! C / C++
Read the README C / C++
C / C++ $ ls test # tests are in
here $ make test # language features $ make test-all # lang + stdlib $ make test-all TESTS=test/test_foo.rb $ make rubyspec # ruby spec MRI
Providing Patches
Keep it short.
Keep it simple.
Keep it relevant.
Provide tests.
Try to fit in.
Troubleshooting
It’s OKAY to be wrong.
It’s about learning.
It’s about building a relationship.
Take more responsibility.
Project Knowledge
OMG! (ZOMG)
Joining the team.
Abandoned project.
Specific needs.
War of attrition. (poor @bitsweat)
What next?
Stay the course.
Limit your time.
Remember your past.
Start training your replacement.
Help Others
Things to remember.
I am not my code.
Try to relate.
MINASWAN
We are nice because we are nice
Ask a question.
Send a patch.
Take over my job.
Thanks!