# HG changeset patch # User Kai T. Ohlhus # Date 1476373338 -7200 # Node ID 8224b565e6fd257888c55eea7bafe962c7aca83d # Parent 373d2dba318ed81a085828a13f70f34a59275deb Moved contribute.md to get-involved.md as this one is really used elsewhere. diff -r 373d2dba318e -r 8224b565e6fd contribute.md --- a/contribute.md Thu Oct 13 17:41:24 2016 +0200 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,91 +0,0 @@ ---- -layout: default -title: Contribute -menu: true ---- - -We always need more help improving Octave and there are many ways -you can contribute. You can help by fixing bugs, developing new -features, answering questions on the mailing list or IRC channel, -helping to improve the web pages. - -If you are wondering what to work on, we have a standard answer: -what would you like to work on? We try not to tell contributors -what to work on as most people do their best work when they are -within their own field of interest. So, we would love your help, -but would also love for you to work on what you love. - -If you need some inspiration, we do maintain a -list of possible projects -on the Wiki. - -If you have an idea on what to contribute, then join the -maintainers mailing list and discuss your ideas there. That way -others can provide input early on, which makes your contribution -more likely to get accepted. - - -## Contacting developers - -If you want to participate in Octave development, you should join -the -maintainers@octave.org mailing list. Please -use this list only if you are participating in Octave's -development. If you are looking for help in using Octave, -please use the help@octave.org -list instead, or check out other support -options. - -For sometimes faster communication, you can also chat in IRC -in #octave in Freenode. Note, however, that the primary -medium for development talk is the mailing list. - - -## Using the Development Sources - -The latest development sources of Octave are also available via -Mercurial (hg) -archive. - -The primary archive address -is http://www.octave.org/hg/octave, -which currently redirects -to http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave. - -If you decide to use the development sources from the Mercurial -archive, please read the -file etc/HACKING -that is available with the source files. - -Assuming you have Mercurial and git installed on your machine you -may obtain the latest development version of Octave sources with -the following command: - -{% highlight text %} -hg clone http://www.octave.org/hg/octave -{% endhighlight %} - -This will clone two repositories, one of which is -subrepository of the main Octave repository. Once you have these, -you can resync with the archive by doing - -{% highlight text %} -hg -v pull -hg -v update -{% endhighlight %} - -The `-v` option is not required but provides extra information -about what was pulled and updated. The Octave manual has more -information about contributing -to Octave's development. - - -## Octave Forge - -The community-developed [Octave-Forge][forge] packages expand Octave's core -functionality by providing field specific features via Octave's package system. -For example, image and signal processing, fuzzy logic, instrument control, -and statistics packages are examples of individual Octave-Forge packages. - -[forge]: http://octave.sourceforge.net/ -[forge-packages]: http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.php diff -r 373d2dba318e -r 8224b565e6fd get-involved.md --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/get-involved.md Thu Oct 13 17:42:18 2016 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +--- +layout: default +title: Contribute +menu: true +--- + +We always need more help improving Octave and there are many ways +you can contribute. You can help by fixing bugs, developing new +features, answering questions on the mailing list or IRC channel, +helping to improve the web pages. + +If you are wondering what to work on, we have a standard answer: +what would you like to work on? We try not to tell contributors +what to work on as most people do their best work when they are +within their own field of interest. So, we would love your help, +but would also love for you to work on what you love. + +If you need some inspiration, we do maintain a +list of possible projects +on the Wiki. + +If you have an idea on what to contribute, then join the +maintainers mailing list and discuss your ideas there. That way +others can provide input early on, which makes your contribution +more likely to get accepted. + + +## Contacting developers + +If you want to participate in Octave development, you should join +the +maintainers@octave.org mailing list. Please +use this list only if you are participating in Octave's +development. If you are looking for help in using Octave, +please use the help@octave.org +list instead, or check out other support +options. + +For sometimes faster communication, you can also chat in IRC +in #octave in Freenode. Note, however, that the primary +medium for development talk is the mailing list. + + +## Using the Development Sources + +The latest development sources of Octave are also available via +Mercurial (hg) +archive. + +The primary archive address +is http://www.octave.org/hg/octave, +which currently redirects +to http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave. + +If you decide to use the development sources from the Mercurial +archive, please read the +file etc/HACKING +that is available with the source files. + +Assuming you have Mercurial and git installed on your machine you +may obtain the latest development version of Octave sources with +the following command: + +{% highlight text %} +hg clone http://www.octave.org/hg/octave +{% endhighlight %} + +This will clone two repositories, one of which is +subrepository of the main Octave repository. Once you have these, +you can resync with the archive by doing + +{% highlight text %} +hg -v pull +hg -v update +{% endhighlight %} + +The `-v` option is not required but provides extra information +about what was pulled and updated. The Octave manual has more +information about contributing +to Octave's development. + + +## Octave Forge + +The community-developed [Octave-Forge][forge] packages expand Octave's core +functionality by providing field specific features via Octave's package system. +For example, image and signal processing, fuzzy logic, instrument control, +and statistics packages are examples of individual Octave-Forge packages. + +[forge]: http://octave.sourceforge.net/ +[forge-packages]: http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.php