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http://development.openoffice.org/OpenOffice.org%20Developer%20Site%20Map.html | http://development.openoffice.org/OpenOffice.org%20Developer%20Site%20Map.html | ||
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+ | === Building the software === | ||
+ | Too many pages describe building the software. Consolidation would help new developers and increase clearness. | ||
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+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building_OpenOffice.org<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Category:Distribution-Specific_Build_Instructions<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building_ooo-build_on_Mac_OS_X<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Fedora_Build_Instructions<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenSUSE_Build_Instructions<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenSolaris_Build_Instructions<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/SUSE9.3_Build_Instructions<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Build_Instructions<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Prepared_Build_Images<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building_OpenOffice.org<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building_with_ooobuild<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/MacOSXBuildInstructions<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/GNULinuxSparcPorting<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Windows<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Build_Tool_Requirements<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/O3-build<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building_OOo_with_Cygwin_on_Windows<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Build_Requirements<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Build_Linux_Requirements<br> | ||
+ | http://tools.openoffice.org/<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/AquaBuild<br> | ||
+ | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Running<br> | ||
+ | http://tools.openoffice.org/background.html<br> | ||
+ | http://tools.openoffice.org/tools/build.html<br> | ||
+ | http://tools.openoffice.org/build_env_tools.html<br> | ||
+ | http://tools.openoffice.org/build_env_mkfiles.html<br> | ||
+ | http://tools.openoffice.org/dev_docs/build_linux.html<br> | ||
+ | http://installation.openoffice.org/01RESPONSE_SO52_final_rev2.pdf<br> | ||
+ | TODO: Continue with "Solaris" on tools.oo.o. | ||
=== Getting it, Building, Hacking === | === Getting it, Building, Hacking === | ||
These wiki pages need updating and cleanup for 3.1. | These wiki pages need updating and cleanup for 3.1. | ||
− | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Getting_It | + | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Getting_It<br> |
− | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building_OpenOffice.org | + | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building_OpenOffice.org<br> |
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Hacking | http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Hacking | ||
Revision as of 23:23, 3 July 2009
Contents
Purpose of this initiative
This is an initiative started to make it easier for new developers to start to contribute to the project.
It identifies several issues which together might make contributing harder for interested developers.
The solutions will be applied to the contributing and development websites.
Workplaces
contributing.openoffice.org/tryouts/
programming.html
development.openoffice.org/tryouts/
Contact the Education Project, who aims to find future OpenOffice.org developers, mainly students, who are discovering OpenOffice.org Project. IRC dedicated Education Project channel is : #education.openoffice.org , server : irc.freenode.net
In the ClassRoom page, you probably will find information about the essentials. For example, you'll find on them Practice, or IRC Meetings Logs we did as "ClassRooms"
And if you think you can help fixing some bugs , please have a look at the Effort page
Possible issues
These are the possible problems identified:
Developers' Site map
Would work great on the development page as a top link.
http://development.openoffice.org/OpenOffice.org%20Developer%20Site%20Map.html
Building the software
Too many pages describe building the software. Consolidation would help new developers and increase clearness.
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building_OpenOffice.org
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Category:Distribution-Specific_Build_Instructions
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building_ooo-build_on_Mac_OS_X
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Fedora_Build_Instructions
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenSUSE_Build_Instructions
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenSolaris_Build_Instructions
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/SUSE9.3_Build_Instructions
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Build_Instructions
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Prepared_Build_Images
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building_OpenOffice.org
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building_with_ooobuild
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/MacOSXBuildInstructions
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/GNULinuxSparcPorting
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Windows
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Build_Tool_Requirements
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/O3-build
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building_OOo_with_Cygwin_on_Windows
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Build_Requirements
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Build_Linux_Requirements
http://tools.openoffice.org/
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/AquaBuild
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Running
http://tools.openoffice.org/background.html
http://tools.openoffice.org/tools/build.html
http://tools.openoffice.org/build_env_tools.html
http://tools.openoffice.org/build_env_mkfiles.html
http://tools.openoffice.org/dev_docs/build_linux.html
http://installation.openoffice.org/01RESPONSE_SO52_final_rev2.pdf
TODO: Continue with "Solaris" on tools.oo.o.
Getting it, Building, Hacking
These wiki pages need updating and cleanup for 3.1.
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Getting_It
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building_OpenOffice.org
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Hacking
CVS and SVN
Articles covering code which is nowdays available in SVN instead should be updated.
Contribution - Programming
The page has a strange introduction, that begins with a to do list. Maybe the user already has an idea of what he would like to do. The page tells the user to start building the code. The programmer should learn what it is like to develop in the community first.
http://contributing.openoffice.org/programming.html
Building on Windows
Promotes ooo-build and says building the Vanilla build is painful.
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Windows#Using_vanilla_source
I want to be an OpenOffice.org developer wiki page
Suggest to delete the following page.
Getting the source code
Create a guide that works for all operating systems, that everyone can point to.
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Getting_It
http://tools.openoffice.org/dev_docs/build_linux.html#GetTheSourceCode
http://tools.openoffice.org/dev_docs/build_windows_tcsh.html#BuildRequirements
Build Windows Tcsh
Is this page still valid?
http://tools.openoffice.org/dev_docs/build_windows_tcsh.html#BuildRequirements
Developer Types
New developers
- Will start at contributing.openoffice.org or at development.openoffice.org
- Want to know what is required of him/her
- Want to learn the basics
- Want to learn only the things that is required to do the work
Existing developers
- Will start directly at development.openoffice.org
- Want to get reference documentation
- Want to have this information close at hand
These pages may be related or interesting to new developers.
- http://contributing.openoffice.org/programming.html
- http://development.openoffice.org/
- http://tools.openoffice.org/
- http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html
- http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html
- http://projects.openoffice.org/accepted.html
- http://api.openoffice.org/docs/DevelopersGuide/DevelopersGuide.pdf
- http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/sca.pdf
- http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html#usinglicenses
- http://www.openoffice.org/copyright/copyrightapproved.html
- http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/guidelines.html
- http://development.openoffice.org/OpenOffice.org%20Developer%20Site%20Map.html
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Getting_It
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/To-Dos
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Contributing_Patches
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/I_want_to_be_an_OpenOffice.org_developer
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building_OpenOffice.org
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Hacking
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2008/proposals
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Cpp_Coding_Standards
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Extensions_development
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Extensions_development_java
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Extensions_development_basic
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Extensions_development_python
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/BASIC_Guide
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Uno/Cpp/Tutorials/Introduction_to_Cpp_Uno
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Using_Cpp_with_the_OOo_SDK
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_ClassRoom/Practice
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Windows
Contributing Members
Per Eriksson
Martin Hollmichel
Mathias Bauer