[Sugar-devel] Introduction to community

[Oluebube Oti]

How about how to get started as a designer?

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> On Jul 28, 2019, at 11:51 PM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> 
> Welcome Deepak,
> 
> GCompris skills are needed.  The opportunities are;
> 
> - maintenance and improvement of the GCompris wrapper activity for
>  Sugar, https://github.com/sugarlabs/gcompris-wrapper-activity
> 
> - porting a new GCompris Journal integration activity for
>  Sugar on current releases of Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora Linux,
>  https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/GCompris
> 
> - updating the GCompris Journal integration activity for Sugar on OLPC
>  OS for XO-1, XO-1.5, XO-1.75 and XO-4 laptops; a much harder task
>  because it requires backporting and testing on Fedora 18.
>  https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/GCompris
> 
> You can find how to get started as a Sugar Labs developer below.
> 
> New to Sugar Labs?  Unlock these achievements.  Work from top to
> bottom. [v7]
> 
> 1.  Use Sugar or Sugarizer,
> 
>    https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/how-can-i-help.md
> 
>    * by using Sugar or Sugarizer you will learn how it works, and
>      what can be improved.
> 
>    * mandatory,
> 
> 2.  Read our Code of Conduct,
> 
>    https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
> 
>    * especially note the need to choose an appropriate forum, and
>      remind others to do the same,
> 
>    * mandatory,
> 
> 3.  Join the developer mailing list,
> 
>    https://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> 
>    * for asking questions and helping others,
> 
>    * subscribe before posting,
> 
>    * don't use digest mode if you plan to post messages or replies,
>      as it breaks threads,
> 
>    * try to keep discussions public; the default reply mode is
>      private, so use reply-all,
> 
>    * mandatory,
> 
> 4.  Get a GitHub account,
> 
>    https://github.com/
> 
>    * for reporting issues that you won't fix,
> 
>    * for fixing problems in source code,
> 
>    * recommended,
> 
> 5.  Join the Sugar Labs GitHub organisation,
> 
>    https://github.com/sugarlabs
> 
>    * for regular source code contributors, and reviewers, by
>      invitation, contact one of the existing members,
> 
>    * helpful for mail notification of GitHub activity,
> 
>    * optional,
> 
> 6.  Join as a Member of Sugar Labs,
> 
>    https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members
> 
>    * requires some contribution; code, documentation, translations,
>      maintenance, running a Sugar deployment, or any other
>      non-trivial activities which benefit Sugar Labs,
> 
>    * reviewed by committee,
> 
>    * optional,
> 
> 7.  Get a wiki.sugarlabs.org account,
> 
>    https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/
> 
>    * needed for maintaining Wiki content,
> 
>    * needed as part of moving Wiki content to GitHub,
> 
>    * for subscribing to edit notifications.
> 
>    * optional,
> 
> 8.  Get an activities.sugarlabs.org account,
> 
>    https://activities.sugarlabs.org/
> 
>    * needed for releasing new versions of Sugar activities that are
>      compatible with Fedora 18 systems,
> 
>    * optional,
> 
> 9.  Get a shell.sugarlabs.org account,
> 
>    https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Service/shell#Requesting_a_shell_account
> 
>    * requires a justification,
> 
>    * also provides a @sugarlabs.org mail alias,
> 
>    * for releasing new versions of Sugar components, test builds,
>      or large data sets,
> 
>    * for limited experimentation with non-root network services, such
>      as bots or IRC proxies,
> 
>    * optional,
> 
> 10. Get a translate.sugarlabs.org account,
> 
>    https://translate.sugarlabs.org/
> 
>    * if you are bi- or multi-lingual, use your skills,
> 
>    * especially if you can test Sugar activities and components, as
>      this will inform your translations,
> 
>    * optional,
> 
> 11. Get a bugs.sugarlabs.org account,
> 
>    https://bugs.sugarlabs.org/
> 
>    * only if you must maintain old bug reports,
> 
>    * new issues may be reported via GitHub,
> 
>    * optional,
> 
> 12. Join Sugar on Fedora live system mailing list,
> 
>    https://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas
> 
>    * download, test, report bugs, fix bugs, package,
> 
>    * share your experience with others who focus on this
>      distribution,
> 
>    * optional,
> 
> 13. Join Sugar on Debian mailing lists,
> 
>    https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/debian.md#packaging
> 
>    * download, test, report bugs, fix bugs, package,
> 
>    * share your experience with others who focus on this distribution
>      or Ubuntu,
> 
>    * optional,
> 
> 14. Join the Internet Relay Chat channel #sugar
> 
>    irc://irc.freenode.net/#sugar
> 
>    * for synchronous chat with others; rare to see unless a meeting
>      is arranged,
> 
>    * requires registration with freenode.net,
> 
>    * optional,
> 
> 15. Join the Internet Relay Chat channel #sugar-meeting
> 
>    irc://irc.freenode.net/#sugar-meeting
>    http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/
> 
>    * for meetings to be logged,
> 
>    * requires registration with freenode.net,
> 
>    * optional,
> 
> 16. Join Gitter
> 
>    https://gitter.im/
> 
>    * for chat with others, although it has faded since introduced,
> 
>    * best is mailing list sugar-devel@ for topics of general interest,
> 
>    * requires registration with one of several organisations,
> 
>    * optional,
> 
> 17. Maintain an Activity
> 
>    https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/contributing.md#checklist---maintainer
> 
>    * many learner focused activities (apps) need simple maintenance,
> 
>    * adopt an activity you like as your focus.
> 
> Hope that helps!
> 
> See also "How to ask for directions",
> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2018-October/055788.html
> 
>> On Sun, Jul 28, 2019 at 11:47:46PM +0530, Deepak Kumar wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>> I am Deepak Kumar a 3rd year undergraduate pursuing B.E in Information
>> Technology from Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur. I am a open
>> source developer earlier contributing to KDE GCompris project. I also found
>> this project interesting and want to start making my contributions to this
>> project. Can someone guide me please how to get started with it?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Deepak Kumar
> 
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> 
> 
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> James Cameron
> http://quozl.netrek.org/
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