Need some help to contribute

Hello,

I have a change (attached) to submit to the inbox.

I do not know how to do this.

For some reason I have had a hard time convincing people that, really, I
do not know how to do this - and as a result I have been in the (recent)
past considered as a lazy bastard unwilling to contribute and expecting
people to do the work for me (private communication, no hard feeling,
but still not very comfortable, see what I mean E.?).

This is not the case. I am not (such) a lazy bastard. I would very much
like to submit things by myself and not bother people.

*I just do not know how to do this*. Is that clear?

So today I would like to learn. This is what I did:

I read this post by Dave:
http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2017-October/195561.html 


Seems comprehensive enough. Thanks Dave.

So I took a fresh 5.3 image and updated it. I filed in my code.

Then I did everything Dave says up to stage 3 B), where *I do not see
the trunk repository* on the right. I do see the inbox repository
though, the one I added at stage 2 A) to F).

So I select the inbox repository at right.

At this point, if I select on the left side the Kernel package and click
on the "Changes" button, I get an error: 'Missing smapshot Kernel-mt.119'

And if I add the package Kernel-Numbers and select this one, and click
on the "Changes" button I see a long list of methods. Obviously not the
expected diff.

Fortunately at this point, in 3 D) Dave says "If something looks wrong,
stop and ask for tips on the squeak-dev list." That I can do.

Tips?


Stef

Ok, I did it. Needed a 6.0alpha image...

Thanks, Dave.

Stef

On 08/03/20 6:27 PM, Stéphane Rollandin wrote:
>
> For some reason I have had a hard time convincing people that, really, I
> do not know how to do this - and as a result I have been in the (recent)
> past considered as a lazy bastard unwilling to contribute and expecting
> people to do the work for me (private communication, no hard feeling,
> but still not very comfortable, see what I mean E.?).
>
> This is not the case. I am not (such) a lazy bastard. I would very much
> like to submit things by myself and not bother people

I can relate to this feeling :-). It took me a long time to take the
plunge. I finally took the plunge after watching Bert's video [1]
multiple times. My first fix submission was so easy and it turned out
that my fears were just that - fears.

The steps are now clearly laid out in http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/3279

It is also one of the topics in Squeak->Help->Squeak Wiki.  Perhaps it
should be promoted alongside Terse Guide.

[1] https://youtu.be/2QKmfI4taGo

Regards .. Subbu

> The steps are now clearly laid out in http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/3279

Yes, although there are always missing details.

For example, today, what I have been missing is that the image to use is
the trunk one - updating the latest release is not good.

And it did not help that the 'Current trunk image' link in
https://squeak.org/downloads/ does not point to 6.0alpha, but to 5.3beta.


Stef

On Sun, Mar 08, 2020 at 02:24:59PM +0100, St??phane Rollandin wrote:
> Ok, I did it. Needed a 6.0alpha image...
>
> Thanks, Dave.
>
> Stef
>

Yay! And I see that Nicolas has already moved your update to trunk :-)

Dave

> If it's a relatively small change like a fix, it's absolutely fine to
> contribute to the Inbox straight from a recent release image like 5.3 or
> even 5.2, if that suits you.

It's nice to know that it is possible, but this is what I tried and
where I failed, as I explained in details in my previous post - I could
not get a diff with only my changed method in it. I guess I used the
wrong repository, by I'm still mostly clueless.

Stef

Hi Stef,


> On Mar 8, 2020, at 3:18 PM, Stéphane Rollandin <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> 
>>
>> If it's a relatively small change like a fix, it's absolutely fine to contribute to the Inbox straight from a recent release image like 5.3 or even 5.2, if that suits you.
>
> It's nice to know that it is possible, but this is what I tried and where I failed, as I explained in details in my previous post - I could not get a diff with only my changed method in it. I guess I used the wrong repository, by I'm still mostly clueless.

Any time you feel like trying this I would be happy to meet on discord/FaceTime etc and guide you.  It’s intimidating at first but much easier with a little experience.  Anyway, I want you in the community because as you rightly said in your email, you are an extremely skilled developer and have a lot of expertise we can all benefit from.

>
> Stef
>