[xwiki-dev] Re: XWiki Google Summer of Code 2007

[Sergiu Dumitriu]

Correction:
Sergiu: Linux, Eclipse

On 4/27/07, Vincent Massol <vincent at massol.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Vandan,
> On Apr 27, 2007, at 8:18 AM, Vandan Parikh wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
> I'm glad to be part of the XWiki GSoC group.
>
>
> Glad to have you on board.
>
> However, I also had some other commitments and issues for the past few
> weeks.
> I'm planning to get acquainted with the code in the next week, however I
> may also have to deal with a laptop transition.
>
>
> Make sure you read the docs on the Community space of xwiki.org. There are
> plenty of useful information there.
>
> What environment do most people develop with? (Windows XP + Cygwin +
> Eclipse?)
>
>
> For me: Mac OSX, IntelliJ IDEA
> Ludovic: Windows XP, IntelliJ IDEA
> Sergiu: Linux, IntelliJ IDEA
> ...
>
> Note: We do have a free IntelliJ IDEA license for all development done on
> XWiki (you're not allowed to use it on any other dev than xwiki though). Let
> me know if you're interested and I'll send it to you. Same applies for other
> GSoC students of course.
>
> On 4/24/07, Vincent Massol < vincent at massol.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > As we already said we're all excited to work with you as part of the
> > GSoC. However, in order for this to work, we all need to make some
> > efforts. The biggest effort that we need to make is good
> > communication (this is what is required when working on any open
> > source project). We have extended an invitation to you in the email
> > below with very clear guidelines and next steps to perform.
> >
> > Out of the 7 GSoC students, only 3 have answered so far: Tharindu,
> > Evelina and Radu. I think answering to our email is really the least
> > everyone could do... Let's hope it was simply an oversight or that
> > you were on holidays... :-)
> >
> > Indeed your success will be very much based on how you interact with
> > the XWiki open source project and on your availability to discuss,
> > reply to mails, work collaboratively, in pure open source fashion.
> > Thus, let's start to communicate:
> > - introduce yourself
> > - tell us what your plans are, when you'll be able to start working
> > on what feature
> > - start asking questions
> > - tell us what you don't understand in the process, in the dev tools,
> > in the build, etc
> > - suggest ideas
> > - help with the xwiki.org documentation
> > - etc
> >
> > One task that we need all of you to perform is (as described below)
> > to familiarize yourself with the XWiki development process and team.
> > For doing this we suggested that each of you take a few JIRA issues
> > and start implementing them (after reading the docs on the community
> > space of xwiki.org). So far, we have Evelina, Tharindu and Radu who
> > have picked some issues. Remember that this is an official step, part
> > of the GSoC programme and that is goes from the 12th of April till
> > the 28th of May. Of course if some of you cannot do it right now for
> > any reason (like you're on holiday, you're too busy, etc) then of
> > course you should communicate it (remember: communication is
> > everything!). How could we know otherwise?
> >
> > What we would like is that you submit patches for a few JIRA issues.
> > We'll review these patches, comment on them, till they are the level
> > of quality adequate so that they can be committed. This is very
> > important because you'll probably make mistakes along the way and
> > this is where you'll learn. If you don't do this, chance is that it's
> > going to be real hard thereafter to apply any of your work. You
> > should really familiarize with XWiki before starting head-on with
> > your projects. It'll be easier afterwards if you understand how XWiki
> > development works first.
> >
> > One other useful task that you'll need to perform for sending patches
> > is learning how to build XWiki. Try to build XWiki from sources, try
> > to debug it from your IDE. These are useful skills you'll need for
> > later on.
> >
> > Last, we would welcome feedback on what we've proposed here and
> > below. This is a learning process for us too. We're very interested
> > in any feedback, how to make this GSoc 2007 even better, and we need
> > your input too.
> >
> > Let's start communicating on the XWiki mailing lists! :)
> >
> > Thanks
> > -Vincent on behalf of the XWiki SOC mentor team
> >
> > On Apr 13, 2007, at 11:08 PM, Vincent Massol wrote:
> >
> > > Hello XWiki Summer-of-Coders 2007,
> > >
> > > First of all, thank you for showing your interest in Open Source
> > > development, and for choosing XWiki as the project which will get
> > > you acquainted with this kind of development.
> > >
> > > [For all xwiki community members who don't know what the summer of
> > > code is, check XWiki's SOC page on http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/
> > > view/GoogleSummerOfCode/]
> > >
> > > The goal of the Summer of Code program is to introduce young
> > > students like you in the fantastic world of Open Source. If you
> > > only view this as a better paid summer job, then you can't be any
> > > more wrong. Our mission, as your mentors, is to ease your
> > > understanding of how things work, to help you learn new things you
> > > won't be thought in school, to integrate you in a large and very
> > > friendly community, and to help you understand how a very large
> > > project is managed, planned, developed.
> > >
> > > Open Source is not only about the code. It is more about the
> > > Community that participates in the development of the code. We, the
> > > mentors, will do our best to introduce you in this community and
> > > make you enjoy being part of it, so that when the summer ends, and
> > > all your obligations as soc-ers cease to exist, you will want to
> > > continue being part of our community. The most successful example
> > > is that of Sergiu, who was a SoC student like you last year, and
> > > now is a mentor for two of the accepted projects.
> > >
> > > Your job is a bit more difficult. You have to catch up with
> > > hundreds of thousands of lines of code, learn about so many new
> > > technologies, get used to a whole new way of working on a project,
> > > get used to the many rules regarding project development that make
> > > it survive the competition and become famous, AND write a not-so-
> > > simple new component for XWiki. We know this is a difficult task to
> > > achieve in less than 4 months, especially on your own, so we are
> > > willing to offer any help we can provide.
> > >
> > > So, let's get started.
> > >
> > > 1. We need to know what your main email address is (the one you
> > > check more often), so that we can reach you faster when needed.
> > >
> > > 2. We need to establish some rules regarding how you will interact
> > > with the mentors and the community, and how you will develop your
> > > code.
> > >
> > > First and foremost, working on XWiki needs to be fun and a good
> > > learning process! However the XWiki project is already following
> > > some development rules that we're asking SoC students to follow
> > > too. This is for the good of the XWiki project but more importantly
> > > it's a good way to learn how an open source community works and if
> > > these practices are followed then it'll be much easier to integrate
> > > the SoC student work into XWiki's official releases.
> > >
> > > So here are some practices we'd like SoC students to follow (please
> > > comment on the list if you'd like to change some of them or propose
> > > other things):
> > >
> > > * SoC students should be considered like any XWiki contributor
> > > which means they should respect the same rules and which means they
> > > are not committers on XWiki core. Note that a SoC student can
> > > become a Committer in the same manner a contributor can become one.
> > > * SoC students will be given commit access to the sandbox only,
> > > where they'll create their project (one top level directory for
> > > each project). For projects which need to modify some existing
> > > code, JIRA issues will need to be created and patches attached.
> > > It's important that patches be of good quality and small in order
> > > to be applied quickly. Once sandbox projects reach a good level of
> > > maturity (meaning they work and the code is of code quality,
> > > documented, etc) then we'd like to migrate them to the main release
> > > tree.
> > > * SoC students should obey all Community rules. For example this
> > > means:
> > >       o using the XWiki coding conventions
> > >       o using the defined communication channels: IRC and mailing list
> > > * SoC students have time allocated to familiarize with XWiki
> > > development process. As such we'd like each SoC student to pick one
> > > or several existing issues in JIRA and send a patch that fixes it/
> > > them before that period ends (from 12th of April to 28th of May)
> > > This is a critical integration step to ensure all SoC students
> > > understand how XWiki works and it's a chance to start asking
> > > questions and get to know each other.
> > > * SoC student should post a quick introduction on the xwiki dev
> > > mailing list to explain who they are and what they're going to work
> > > on.
> > > * SoC student should always go to the list when communicating about
> > > their project. They should use the XWiki IRC channel if they need
> > > to talk to their mentors. The goal is that everyone in the XWiki
> > > community help them, answer their questions, but also know what
> > > they are doing. This will make patch applications and integration
> > > of their work back into XWiki trunk easier later on. This is very
> > > important and a criteria of success for the student. This is about
> > > learning how open source works. Note that students can also CC
> > > their mentor's email address if they want, but the mails have to go
> > > to the XWiki dev list.
> > > * SoC students should not block on anything for a long period of
> > > time. They should ask plenty of questions on the list (but they
> > > should also be autonomous!)
> > >
> > > These practices are also listed on http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/
> > > view/GoogleSummerOfCode/
> > >
> > > 3. Here's what you need to do to get you started:
> > >
> > > a) You need to register on http://forge.objectweb.org/account/
> > > register.php
> > > ObjectWeb (or the OW2 Consortium, as it is known now) is an Open
> > > Source software community, and XWiki is one of the many projects
> > > belonging to this large "family". Mainly, it offers the same
> > > facilities Sourceforge offers. This is where the source code is
> > > hosted, and where the official mailing lists are hosted.
> > > You have to remember the username and password, because later you
> > > will use them for commiting code.
> > >
> > > b) You should subscribe to some of the mailing lists on http://
> > > forge.objectweb.org/mail/?group_id=170 . We recommend that you
> > > subscribe at least to xwiki-dev and xwiki-users.
> > >
> > > c) You need to register on http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/secure/Signup!
> > > default.jspa
> > > This is where the code management takes place. It is a repository
> > > of known bugs, issues, planned new features or improvements. It
> > > also offers some statistics and roadmaps regarding the project
> > > evolution. Getting accustomed to using JIRA is a requirement.
> > >
> > > d) Download the XWiki source code. Follow the instructions on
> > > http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/SourceRepository
> > > For the moment, you can only checkout the code using anonymous access.
> >
> > >
> > > e) It will be very hard to understand the code by reverse
> > > engineering. We know that the documentation is not our strong point
> > > (on the contrary), but reading the guides on http://www.xwiki.org/
> > > xwiki/bin/view/Main/Documentation will help a lot.
> > >
> > > f) Try to follow the discussions on JIRA and on the mailing lists.
> > >
> > >
> > > We do know that you still have classes and exams, and we definitely
> > > don't want you to disregard school, so take things easy, and don't
> > > panic if something seems too difficult. Don't be shy, Open Source
> > > communities are about communications and help.
> > >
> > > Good luck,
> > >
> > > -The XWiki SOC mentor team (Sergiu, Jeremi, Ludovic, Jean-Vincent,
> > > Vincent)
> > >
> >
> >


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