[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
> [25]http://quozl.netrek.org/
>
> 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
> [24] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> [25] http://quozl.netrek.org/
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