Re: [Codenarc-developer] My views on making it easier for people to contribute
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Re: [Codenarc-developer] My views on making it easier for people to contribute
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From: Clay M. <cod...@cl...> - 2012-07-25 17:25:27
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+1 on prioritizing the Git/Github move. I know that keeps us from doing more with CodeNarc at Netflix. Github is probably the single best thing you can do with your project to get more developer use and contributions. I don't see a move to Gradle buying you as much, seems like a lateral change. On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Marcin Erdmann <mar...@pr...> wrote: > Chris, > > I believe migrating to git is more essential when it comes to getting people > to contribute more easily to the project but I also understand your > reservations towards it and understand that you see it as a big step > especially as the project owner you need to be confident about the vcs > you're using. > > Yes, I'm still up to helping out with the gradle migration of course. I will > have a go at it during the weekend. I have some questions though. What do we > exactly need to port? It's of course building and running the tests, > deploying to Codehaus maven repo (we're doing it in geb, so I will probably > have a look at how it's done there) and generating (also uploading?) the > site. Is there anything else? I'm not a maven specialist so can you please > list all of the commands you're using in your workflow to achieve the > aforementioned tasks? What version of maven/other setup I need to run all of > the tasks? > > I still haven't received any response from Rene about the site plugin but I > will try to use it anyway and get it to a working state if necessary. > > Thanks, > Marcin > > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 3:03 AM, Chris Mair <chr...@ea...> wrote: >> >> Marcin, >> >> I was expecting/hoping that we could treat these as two separate issues. >> I'm >> not sure that I am up for trying to tackle both at the same time. At some >> point, I need to do some analysis to figure out the impacts of a migration >> from Sourceforge+SVN to GitHub+Git. >> >> I am probably more eager to do the Gradle migration, assuming that it now >> supports the features that we need. I am also interested in getting more >> experience with Git, but I expect that will be more disruptive. >> >> Is doing one without the other (let's say doing Gradle), still feasible, >> and >> still something you'd want to help with? >> >> Thanks. >> Chris >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Marcin Erdmann [mailto:mar...@pr...] >> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 11:30 AM >> To: Chris Mair >> Cc: cod...@li... >> Subject: Re: [Codenarc-developer] My views on making it easier for people >> to >> contribute >> >> Chris, >> >> I'm glad to hear that you like my ideas. Here are the two feature requests >> on Sourceforge tracker: >> >> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3546737&group_id=250145&ati >> d=1126575 >> >> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3546740&group_id=250145&ati >> d=1126575 >> >> When it comes to the site plugin I'm currently waiting for a response from >> Rene Gröschke on the status of the plugin >> (https://github.com/breskeby/GradleSite). After having a quick peek at it >> I >> believe it is finished. It's not in central but I could put it there cause >> I >> have rights to 'org.gradle.api.plugins' group in Sonatype OSS repo. >> >> I can start working on the build migration as soon as we'll put the code >> into github - I will create a fork of it and submit a pull request when >> it's >> ready. I can also help in migrating the source to github, I've migrated >> some >> repos in the past from svn to github using git-svn and could pull the >> source >> into the new repo given that I will get commit access to CodeNarc's github >> repository - I won't mind if you revoke it after the migration is done. >> >> Cheers, >> Marcin >> >> On 07/21/2012 02:35 PM, Chris Mair wrote: >> > Marcin, >> > >> > Thank you for the feedback (and the CodeNarc contributions). >> > >> > I am open to both ideas. Can you please open a feature request for >> > each suggestion (Git/Github and Gradle): >> > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=250145&atid=1126575. >> > >> > Both have been informally suggested before, so it's probably worth >> > getting them to a place where we can consolidate the discussion of the >> > merits and trade-offs, and bring Hamlet into the discussion as well. >> > One of the sticking points with Gradle previously was the lack of a >> > site plugin, since we currently use Maven to generate the CodeNarc web >> > site from APT files, and also generate the APT for the Rules Index >> > page. I have not checked on the status of that lately. >> > >> > Thanks. >> > Chris >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Marcin Erdmann [mailto:mar...@pr...] >> > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 7:34 PM >> > To: cod...@li... >> > Subject: [Codenarc-developer] My views on making it easier for people >> > to contribute >> > >> > Hi all, >> > >> > In the past I've contributed several rules and fixes to Codenarc. >> > Recently we've added Codenarc to our project and we found a major bug >> > in UnnecessarySemicolonRule and wanted to fix it. After checking the >> > project state I've found out that it's still quite tedious to >> > contribute for two reasons - svn and maven. >> > >> > If you want to contribute to Codenarc you need to send patches in >> > email, like I did by sending mails to Hamlet in the past. This would >> > be much easier if the project was on github enabling people to submit >> > pull request... I don't know if there is a CI build set up for the >> > project but by putting it on github and hooking it up with buildhive >> > you get CI builds for free, also for pull requests. Can you please >> > explain what are the reasons for such a valuable project to be still >> > using >> svn? >> > >> > The other thing is getting the project into your IDE. It would be so >> > much easier if there was a gradle build available for the project - >> > simply typing gradle idea would generate the project for you with all >> > the dependencies in place and no additional settings/tweaks needed. If >> > you're interested I could try to contribute by migrating current maven >> > build to gradle. I'm already in talks with Rene Gröschke about his >> > efforts >> in the past in that area. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Marcin Erdmann >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > ------ >> > -- >> > Live Security Virtual Conference >> > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >> > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. >> > Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the >> > latest in malware threats. >> > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Codenarc-developer mailing list >> > Cod...@li... >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/codenarc-developer >> > >> > >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. 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