[flux-dev] GSoC - work items, contributions, and JUnit tests

[Martin Lippert <mlippert@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey GSOC students!

I would like to take the chance to give you some hints how to contribute to the project in more detail.
All the activity in Eclipse projects is tracked via entries in bugzilla:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/

You can use your Eclipse account to login to that.
You should make sure that there is a bugzilla entry for each contribution that you are working on.

If there is no entry for your work items yet, file them:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=Flux

Then you can attach your contributions as Git patches to the bugzilla entry or as pull requests using GitHub (preferred):
https://github.com/eclipse/flux

I would recommend to work in a specific branch (one specific branch for each of you).

Please remember that your work should be split up into very small chunks that you contribute early and often. Do not work on your project for all those weeks and contribute your final piece at the end. You should split it up and contribute small chunks as you go.

Also keep in mind that we need JUnit test coverage for the code. Writing those JUnit tests is a central part of the coding work.

Hope this helps you getting started and having a great GSoC.

Cheers,
-Martin