Re: [Info-gnuprologjava] Google Summer of Code

[Simon]

On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 15:18 +0100, Daniel Thomas wrote:
> Hello Simon Brand,
> 
> It is great that you are interested in this project. In terms of writing
> a proposal you will need to use the GNU template listed on
> http://www.gnu.org/software/soc-projects/guidelines.html
> 
> I really want to see patch(s) before the proposal deadline so that I
> know that you can work with the code. If you check the newmaster branch
> out of git:
> $ git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/gnuprologjava.git
> $ git checkout newmaster
> 
> Having done that and with maven and sonar http://www.sonarsource.org/
> installed and configured correctly then running
> $ mvn sonar:sonar
> should run the kind of static analysis you suggested in your later
> email. You might want to create a patch to fix any obvious flaws or bugs
> which that shows you.
> 
> Alternatively/additionally https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?32560 looks
> like it should be an easy bug to at least confirm or deny. If you add a
> suitable test to the inria suite in test/inriasuite/assertz and then run
> the tests using
> gnu.prolog.test.GoalRunner --once inriasuite.pl run_all_tests
> 
> Currently the output from the inriasuite gives "The following *10* BIPs
> gave a total of *26* unexpected answers:" due to a combination
> non-standards compliant code and incomplete tests.
> 
> If you send in patch(es) then that will demonstrate that you can use the
> code base and help me assess your coding skills.
> 
> If you have used Java before then I assume that you know Eclipse? I am
> using Eclipse for development work. We use Ant for building and git for
> version control are you familiar with those? I doesn't matter too much
> if you aren't as they shouldn't take long to learn.
> 
> Have you made contributions to other open source projects in the past?
> (again not necessary but interesting)
> 
> I hope that that helps,
> 
> Daniel

Hi Daniel,
Thanks for your reply.

I'll get a patch done either today or tomorrow for you.

I am familiar with Eclipse, although I prefer to use Emacs with JDEE for
Java development. I am happy to just use Eclipse if it is a problem. I
am not familiar with Ant and Git, but am familiar with Make and Svn, so
teaching myself them should be no problem.

I have not made any open source contributions in the past unfortunately.

Cheers,
Simon Brand