<li>add more info if the bug is already reported
- <li>use the relevang bug reporting tool, such as bug-buddy (Gnome),
+ <li>use the relevant bug reporting tool, such as bug-buddy (Gnome),
perlbug (Perl), reportbug (Debian) and sendpr (FreeBSD) or
use the projects bug reporting web site (bugzilla, request-tracker,
gnats, etc. check the project home page)
</ul>
<h2>Joining a free software project</h2>
+ <ul>
<li>start by checking out the bugs in the btw
<li>try to fix them
<li>give feedback into the bts on the reported bugs, after trying
- to reproduce
- them.
+ to reproduce them.
+
+ <li>go through the user documentation, and submit suggestions for
+ improvement
-- aktiv prosjektdeltager
+ <li>be active on the mailing lists, provide answers to the
+ questions (and use references tot he user documentation, to save
+ everybody some work)
- - fiks feilene som er rapportert i bugrapport-systemet (prosjektet
- _har_ et feilrapportsystem, ikke sant?)
- - Test og gi tilbakemelding på rapporterte feil.
- - sørg for at brukerdokumentasjonen er oppdatert, og henvis til
- denne (så slipper du ekstraarbeide)
- - sørg for at kildekoden du lager er selvdokumenterende, følger
- kode-policy og har akkurat nok kommentarer til at formålet med
- koden er lett å forstå
+ <li>make sure the code you write is self documenting, follow the
+ code policy and include enough comments to make the purpose of the
+ code easy to understand.
+ </ul>
<h2>Starting a free software project</h2>
</ul>
- - tools
+ <p>This software suck. A lot! - Do not take it personally.</p>
+
+ <h2>Use the best free development tools available</h2>
+
- compiler
- libraries
- debugging utilities (gdb, ddd, dmalloc, valgrind, strace, ltrace,
electric fence, fncchk, etc)
- <p>This software suck. A lot! - Do not take it personally.</p>
+
<h2>Running a successful free software project</h2>
commit emails)
<li>communicate the intention behind the choice of license
</ul>
-
-- prosjektleder
+
+ <h2>As the project grows larger</h2>
+
+ <p>Leading by example is your only option.</p>
- hold oversikt over hvem som gjør hva
- kommuniser prosjektplanen til alle prosjektdeltagerne
+ - reduce friction and avoid hard language
<h2>Conclusion</h2>