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Syn Package Manager

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

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      Come join us on #whube @ irc.freenode.net .

      Patches are also way more then welcome, we have some bugs tracked over at https://github.com/whube/syn/issues/ .

      Cleanup and refactoring would be super awesome, too.


         — Paul Tagliamonte (paultag) · 6 years ago
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        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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      Documentation

      We would love some documentation help, to make sure that syn is easy for people to pick up for packagers.


         — Paul Tagliamonte (paultag) · 6 years ago
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        Discuss documentation, testing, webmastering, and/or publicity.

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        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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      Low hanging fruit!

      We have tons of really easy bugs to solve in our issue tracker. Most bugs are byte-sized.

      Check out our bug listing over at https://github.com/whube/syn/issues/


         — Paul Tagliamonte (paultag) · 6 years ago
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        Many projects have good small tasks that can teach newcomers how the project works. Now's your chance to share one of them!

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        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 Syn Package Manager that you've been putting off, neglecting, or just plain avoiding?

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      Archive formats

      I really hate the way I decided to store meta-data inside the archives, and I hate how fat the archives get.


         — Paul Tagliamonte (paultag) · 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 Syn Package Manager

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Synthetic Package Manager

from the profile of Thomas Martin (tenach)

The code is mostly written in Python.

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