[Sugar-devel] Contribution to sugar labs

James Cameron quozl at laptop.org
Tue Mar 12 18:48:39 EDT 2019


We have a link in contributing.md;

"We use the pull-request model, see [GitHub's help on pull-request](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests)."

But people can't be expected to remember everything.  ;-)

On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 02:24:44AM +0530, Sumit Srivastava wrote:
> While I agree googling is an essential skill, we should probably add it in
> docs, no?
> 
> On Wed, 13 Mar 2019, 2:20 am James Cameron, <[1]quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> 
>     Here's how to do it;
> 
>     [2]https://help.github.com/en/articles/creating-a-pull-request
> 
>     Our Sugar Labs documents for contributing don't have every answer,
>     sorry.  Some skills are external.
> 
>     By the way, if you had made a local "git clone" on your own computer,
>     then done a "git push", the server will have sent back instructions
>     how to make a pull request.
> 
>     On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 01:54:51AM +0530, navyasri reddy wrote:
>     > I have changed the readme and pushed to forked repo in my github account.
>     How
>     > do I raise a pull request to original repo. I have seen the docs for
>     > contributing but didn't get it much.
>     >
>     > On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 12:15 AM Sumit Srivastava <[1][3]
>     sumitsrisumit at gmail.com>
>     > wrote:
>     >
>     >     Yes, Jaskirat. The reply all button is a wonderful little thing and
>     poses
>     >     much less friction than new members would otherwise experience.
>     >
>     >     On Wed, 13 Mar 2019, 12:06 am Jaskirat Singh, <[2][4]
>     juskirat2000 at gmail.com>
>     >     wrote:
>     >
>     >         Thanks Sumit, 
>     >
>     >         This sounds like a better choice for the people helping new
>     >         contributors to get started. 
>     >
>     >         On Wed, 13 Mar 2019, 12:04 am Sumit Srivastava, <[3]
>     >         [5]sumitsrisumit at gmail.com> wrote:
>     >
>     >             Navya,
>     >
>     >             Good to see you figuring out the codebase! Check out
>     instructions
>     >             on downloading and running musicblocks. It should be present
>     in the
>     >             musicblocks documentation. It states:
>     >
>     >             "If you want to run Music Blocks offline, download this repo
>     and
>     >             point your browser to the index.html file found in the
>     musicblocks
>     >             directory on your local file system."
>     >
>     >             Also, if you post your questions directly to [4]
>     >             [6]sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org , more people can come in
>     and
>     >             contribute. I am sorry if you had a rough start but rest
>     assured,
>     >             the community is awesome! 
>     >
>     >             I'll be available at sugar-devel mailing list and so would be
>     a lot
>     >             other experienced developers in the community. Always better
>     to
>     >             expose your questions to more people, right? For this thread,
>     you
>     >             can use "reply-all" button on gmail to directly post to
>     sugarlabs
>     >             devel list and me.
>     >
>     >             Keep asking questions! :)
>     >
>     >             Regards
>     >             Sumit Srivastava
>     >
>     >             On Tue, 12 Mar 2019, 11:51 pm navyasri reddy, <[5]
>     >             [7]navyasrireddy1996 at gmail.com> wrote:
>     >
>     >                 Hey,
>     >                 Thanks for helping me out with this. I have found through
>     the
>     >                 other issues that the sound sample need to have same
>     pitch
>     >                 through out which is not mentioned in the readme and also
>     >                 testing whether the sound is added properly or not is
>     also not
>     >                 there in the readme.
>     >                 I am not sure how to test it. Can you direct me so that i
>     can
>     >                 test and update readme.
>     >
>     >                 Thanks.
>     >
>     >                 On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 7:08 PM Sumit Srivastava <[6]
>     >                 [8]sumitsrisumit at gmail.com> wrote:
>     >
>     >                     Hi, navyasri! 
>     >
>     >                     It'd be great if you post publicly to the sugar devel
>     >                     mailing list. While I have no problem with replying
>     to your
>     >                     question privately, the community as a whole benefits
>     more
>     >                     from public discussions like these. 
>     >
>     >                     Don't worry you can post all kinds of beginner
>     questions,
>     >                     even the one you think might be silly, to the mailing
>     list.
>     >                     :)
>     >
>     >                     Here are the steps to approach the issue:
>     >
>     >                     -Fork the branch.
>     >
>     >                     -Take a look at the instructions to add sample sound.
>     >
>     >                     -Try and do it yourself.
>     >
>     >                     -Did you find instructions were useful? Do they need
>     to be
>     >                     updated? (Hint: Yes, because of which the issue was
>     >                     created)
>     >
>     >                     -Figure out how can you better explain the process
>     you
>     >                     followed to add a sample sound.
>     >
>     >                     -Write it down.
>     >
>     >                     -Commit to your branch, test, and then request to
>     merge.
>     >
>     >                     Regards
>     >                     Sumit Srivastava
>     >
>     >                     On Mon, 11 Mar 2019, 2:16 pm navyasri reddy, <[7]
>     >                     [9]navyasrireddy1996 at gmail.com> wrote:
>     >
>     >                         Hey,
>     >                         This is navyasri. I wan to contribute to music
>     blocks
>     >                         by starting with some basic contribution (below
>     >                         attached). This is about updating readme but I am
>     not
>     >                         clear with the issue. There's no reply to extra
>     >                         information on this issue. A help for this would
>     be
>     >                         appreciated.
>     >                         [8][10]https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/
>     issues/1468
>     >
>     >                         Thanks, 
>     >                         navyasri
>     >
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>     >
>     > References:
>     >
>     > [1] mailto:[13]sumitsrisumit at gmail.com
>     > [2] mailto:[14]juskirat2000 at gmail.com
>     > [3] mailto:[15]sumitsrisumit at gmail.com
>     > [4] mailto:[16]sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
>     > [5] mailto:[17]navyasrireddy1996 at gmail.com
>     > [6] mailto:[18]sumitsrisumit at gmail.com
>     > [7] mailto:[19]navyasrireddy1996 at gmail.com
>     > [8] [20]https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/issues/1468
>     > [9] mailto:[21]Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
>     > [10] [22]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> 
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>     James Cameron
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> 
> References:
> 
> [1] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> [2] https://help.github.com/en/articles/creating-a-pull-request
> [3] mailto:sumitsrisumit at gmail.com
> [4] mailto:juskirat2000 at gmail.com
> [5] mailto:sumitsrisumit at gmail.com
> [6] mailto:sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> [7] mailto:navyasrireddy1996 at gmail.com
> [8] mailto:sumitsrisumit at gmail.com
> [9] mailto:navyasrireddy1996 at gmail.com
> [10] https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/issues/1468
> [11] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> [12] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> [13] mailto:sumitsrisumit at gmail.com
> [14] mailto:juskirat2000 at gmail.com
> [15] mailto:sumitsrisumit at gmail.com
> [16] mailto:sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> [17] mailto:navyasrireddy1996 at gmail.com
> [18] mailto:sumitsrisumit at gmail.com
> [19] mailto:navyasrireddy1996 at gmail.com
> [20] https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/issues/1468
> [21] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> [22] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> [23] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
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