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Tejas Nikumbh

28 Feb 2013 28 Feb '13

3:34 p.m.

Hi, I am Tejas Nikumbh, an undergrad at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. I will be participating in GSoC this year. [GSoC 2013]. In order to imporve my chances for getting selected this year, I would like to start contributing early on to Open Source development via Wikimedia. Here's a little background info : *Languages proficient in : *Java, Python, Javascript [+jQuery] , HTML[+HTML5 Canvas], CSS [+CSS3]. C++ should be on the list soon. *CS Theory :* Discrete Math, Probablity and Random Processes, Data Structures and Algorithms. *SVN : *Github, Mercurial . *Basic Machine learning [Regression algos and some classification algos]* Based on the above info, are there any projects which might suit me? Also, Picking up something reasonable quickly shouldn't be a problem. Thanks, -- Tejas Nikumbh, Third Year Undergraduate, Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Bombay.

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Quim Gil

1 Mar 1 Mar

1:02 a.m.

Hello Tejas, On 02/28/2013 05:34 AM, Tejas Nikumbh wrote:

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Great! Our default recommendation to newcomers has been to try to fix a bug from Something that we are thinking of start recommending is to go through the code review queue, select a changeset and help reviewing with your comments and your vote. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit/Reports/Oldest_open_changesets Reviewing changes contributed by other developers is also a chance to learn about the projects developed here. It also requires you to setup your environment, get developer access and other steps that developers willing to contribute code need to go through. What do you think? Hopefully the documentation will be good enough to guide you through. Otherwise just ask. -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

Bartosz Dziewoński

1:14 a.m.

On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:02:16 +0100, Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

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Our default recommendation to newcomers has been to try to fix a bug from

From? Quim probably wanted to link the list of bugs marked as 'easy': https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=%21easy%20-%21patch-… (here I'm also excluding ones with a patch pending). :) -- Matma Rex

Quim Gil

1:36 a.m.

On 02/28/2013 03:14 PM, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote:

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On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:02:16 +0100, Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

Our default recommendation to newcomers has been to try to fix a bug from

From?

Er... sorry (multitasking with just one brain has these things): https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Annoying_little_bugs

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Quim probably wanted to link the list of bugs marked as 'easy': https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=%21easy%20-%21patch-… (here I'm also excluding ones with a patch pending). :)

Yes, also linked at the URL above. -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

Tejas Nikumbh

10 Mar 10 Mar

1:57 p.m.

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On 02/28/2013 03:14 PM, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote:

On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:02:16 +0100, Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: Our default recommendation to newcomers has been to try to fix a bug from

From?

Er... sorry (multitasking with just one brain has these things): https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Annoying_little_bugs<https://www.mediaw…

Quim probably wanted to link the list of bugs marked as 'easy': https://bugzilla.wikimedia.**org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=%** 21easy%20-%21patch-in-gerrit<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?… I'm also excluding ones with a patch pending). :)

Yes, also linked at the URL above. -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgil<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/… ______________________________**_________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l<https://lists.…

-- Tejas Nikumbh, Third Year Undergraduate, Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Bombay.

Nischay Nahata

7:55 p.m.

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Tejas Nikumbh <tejasnikumbh(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Have you already gone through the process of how to be a hacker? http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_become_a_MediaWiki_hacker Not a hacker who breaks things of course :)

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On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:06 AM, Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

On 02/28/2013 03:14 PM, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote: > On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:02:16 +0100, Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org>

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> Our default recommendation to newcomers has been to try to fix a bug

from

From?

Er... sorry (multitasking with just one brain has these things): https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Annoying_little_bugs<

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Annoying_little_bugs>

> Quim probably wanted to link the list of bugs marked as 'easy': > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.**org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=%** > 21easy%20-%21patch-in-gerrit<

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=%21easy%20-%21patch-… I'm also excluding ones with a patch pending). :)

Yes, also linked at the URL above. -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgil<

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil>

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-- Cheers, Nischay Nahata nischayn22.in

Brian Wolff

8:18 p.m.

On 2013-03-10 2:55 PM, "Nischay Nahata" <nischayn22(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Tejas Nikumbh <tejasnikumbh(a)gmail.com wrote: > I created a bugzilla account but the process of going through the code

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> fixing bugs seems cryptic. Any resources you can provide which can aid

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in understanding the process? A video which shows the process or some documentation perhaps?

Have you already gone through the process of how to be a hacker? http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_become_a_MediaWiki_hacker Not a hacker who breaks things of course :)

Hey, if you figure out how to break things, that's useful too, provided you don't actually break things but tell us how they could be broken. -bawolff

Sumana Harihareswara

16 Mar 16 Mar

4:51 p.m.

Tejas, You might like the video at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Open_Tech_Chat_2012-11-29… -- that video shows you the process of how a developer fixes a bug, including investigation, git commit, getting it reviewed and merged, and closing the Bugzilla ticket. Please also read https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:MediaWiki_architecture. Hope this helps! -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation On 03/10/2013 07:57 AM, Tejas Nikumbh wrote:

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I created a bugzilla account but the process of going through the code and fixing bugs seems cryptic. Any resources you can provide which can aid me in understanding the process? A video which shows the process or some documentation perhaps? On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:06 AM, Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > On 02/28/2013 03:14 PM, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote: > >> On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:02:16 +0100, Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >> Our default recommendation to newcomers has been to try to fix a bug from >>> >> >> From? >> > > Er... sorry (multitasking with just one brain has these things): > > https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Annoying_little_bugs<https://www.mediaw… > > > >> Quim probably wanted to link the list of bugs marked as 'easy': >> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.**org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=%** >> 21easy%20-%21patch-in-gerrit<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?… I'm also excluding ones with a patch pending). :) >> > > Yes, also linked at the URL above. > > > -- > Quim Gil > Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgil<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/… > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l<https://lists.…

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Bartosz Dziewoński
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