Re: How to begin helping in Pybliographer development

> I have a working knowledge of Python, so I would like to help with the
> development of Pybliographer. It would really "scratch my itch" because I
> really want an OSS app to replace EndNote in my lab and getting completely rid
> of Windows :) .

Great, you're of course welcome !

> I downloaded the current development snapshot (1.3-patch192) from the arch
> repository. I also downloaded and printed the documentation. However, at least
> at a first look, some things are still obscure.

The devel version is very very different from the stable--1.2, which is
probably the one you're interested in:

 - 1.2 is the version with the UI as you know it
 
 - 1.3 is mostly (as of today) a framework on top of which no actual
   end-user application is packaged right now. It contains lots of new
   features, but not all of the old ones, so it is not ready for prime
   time.
   
> repository. It seems quite weird to me, and the ,,index file don't help that
> much. Does pybliographic run directly from that folder, for example? I tried

The ,,index file is an artifact of tla, it is not part of pyblio itself.

(as of today, the best arch client is called baz and is available from
<http://bazaar.canonical.com/>, so I suggest you to use it instead of
plain tla if possible. The two can be used on the same archive, so no
worry. I need to update the website BTW)

So I suggest you check out the pybliographer--stable--1.2 branch. 

You can also join the freshly created pybliographer-devel mailing list.

> 2) (possibly connected to 1) Is there somewhere a description of the module/
> application structure of pybliographer and pybliographic? The "development
> guide" presents some neat general theory, but the architecture and

This guide is indeed theoretic, as it should serve as a guideline for
more radical changes which were not yet properly started, due to a lack
of resources. 

> 3) In the website there are references to "satellite" projects to pybliographer
> (like garlic, for example). Is there a list of these projects somewhere? How
> strongly are they connected to the pybliographer project?

garlic is a satellite of pyblio-1.3, not 1.2 (confusing, eh...). 

> 4) The bug list is that maintained on sourceforge.net? It looks quite dated to
> me. (I'd like to begin my work by trying to patch bugs, of course... BTW, it's
> my first attempt to join an OSS project, so please be kind with my naivete and
> inexperience)

Yes, it's the official list. You only see old bugs because the others
are closed :-)

If you have the possiblity to join, there is a weekly IRC meeting every
wednesday at 21:00 CET, channel #pyblio on irc.freenode.net.

In any case, you are more than welcome to ask loads of questions on the mailing list.

Frédéric

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