OpenHatch - Projects

Q: I'd like to participate. How do I begin?
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  First take a look at the introductory information at http://bitbucket.org/ashcrow/victims/wiki/Home.
  
  Next, get a snapshot of the current code base using Mercurial (aka hg): hg clone https://bitbucket.org/ashcrow/victims
  
  Take a look at http://bitbucket.org/ashcrow/victims/issues?status=new&status=open and see if there are any tickets you can or would like to tackle. If there are none you want to work on but you have an idea then open up a new ticket and set it as a proposal.
  
  When you are done coding, send the diff back up to the ticket.
  
  (You can also use the fork/merge workflow in BitBucket if you choose)
  
  — ashcrow · 7 years ago
- [X] Add an answer
  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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  Documentation
  
  Currently there is very little documentation on the project. It would be great if someone could work on documenting the source (using Sphinx http://sphinx.pocoo.org/) OR documenting how to use the tool as well as how to submit hashes.
  
  — ashcrow · 7 years ago
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  Web Design/Workflow
  
  It's no secret, I suck at web design. The current design is a simple template taken from http://www.oswd.org which does the job but isn't very unique or interesting. The workflow for adding data or viewing data is a bit wonky as well and could use some review and a designers touch.
  
  — ashcrow · 7 years ago
- [X] Describe a task
  Further info
  Tip:
  
  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?
- [X] Describe an issue
  Further info
  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 victims that you've been putting off, neglecting, or just plain avoiding?
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  Integrating blog/news feed
  
  Something that victims is missing is a notification blog/newsfeed to give new information about the project, status, etc.. Right now I'm using BitBucket's wiki for this but it's more suited for small, general documentation about development. It would be great to have either a simple markdown or restructured text based blog to post things like "Upgrade to version XYZ" or have the ability to pull in a feed from a Wordpress blog or something similar.
  
  — ashcrow · 7 years ago
- [X] Describe an issue
  What makes the situation sub-optimal?
  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.
  
  Note:
  
  If this issue was formally filed on the web, be sure to include the URL.

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The idea is to take SHA512 sums of language packages, such as Jar or Egg files, and matching the sums against a database. The database will have sum to CVE list so that someone would be able to scan their packages and find issues.

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The code is mostly written in Python.

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