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  • Q: I'd like to participate. How do I begin?

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      • Tip:

        Talk about diverse kinds of contributions. Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).

      • Examples:

        Here's how to download and patch our codes…

        Read about our death-defying mailing list and momentous IRC channel at http://lobstermag.net.

  • Q: Other than writing code, how can I contribute?

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      Create a logo!

      The biggest thing that SNAILBot is missing is a logo. I was thinking maybe some kind of robotic snail, but I am not a graphic designer and so have been unable to contribute anything decent.


         — Jack Grigg (pythonian4000) · 6 years ago
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        Discuss documentation, testing, webmastering, and/or publicity.

        Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).

      • Example:

        We need people to download version 0.4.5 and make sure the frobulator still frobulates correctly.

  • Q: What's a good bug for a newcomer to tackle?

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      • Tip:

        Many projects have good small tasks that can teach newcomers how the project works. Now's your chance to share one of them!

        Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).

      • Example:

        Someone could improve the photo upload dialog box so that it lets you resize the photo before sending it to the web.

  • Q: What is a bug or issue with SNAILBot that you've been putting off, neglecting, or just plain avoiding?

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      Finish generalizing the code

      SNAILBot was developed from ilbot, a logging bot written by, and specifically for, the Perl development channel. As such, there are still many Perl-specific hacks that exist (like certain hashcodes linking to their bugtracker). Some of these "features" have been extracted out and generalized for multiple channels, but there are a number that will require careful thought and analysis - as you may know, Perl is not known for it's comprehendability!


         — Jack Grigg (pythonian4000) · 6 years ago
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      • Examples:

        I don't know how to get started with internationalizing my app.

        Bug 392 about printing was filed five years ago, and I don't even know if printing still works.

        I want help from a C coder writing a Maildir patch for Alpine.

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        If this issue was formally filed on the web, be sure to include the URL.

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About SNAILBot

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SNAILBot is a passive IRC logging bot. It is written in Perl; the IRC bot uses Bot::BasicBot for its low-level functions and logs all chat data to an external database (such as MySQL). The web frontend utilizes HTML::Template to format the data nicely.

from the profile of Jack Grigg (pythonian4000)

The code is mostly written in Perl.

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