Re: Contribution

[Ben Abbott]

On Jul 3, 2014, at 2:44 PM, Mahyar Abbaspour <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> *** For the mail-list please bottom post to make it easier for others to read 
> along ***
> 
>> On Jul 3, 2014, at 6:25 AM, Mahyar Abbaspour <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> > On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Jul 2, 2014, at 7:15 PM, Mahyar Abbaspour <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Hi, I'd like to contribute to octave but I have no experience working 
>> >> > on such projects. Is there anybody that I can work with for learning 
>> >> > and contribution?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks
>> >>
>> >> Please tell us about your programming skills and experience with 
>> >> Octave/Matlab.  If you have some topic you are interested in, tell us 
>> >> about that as well.
>> >>
>> >> Some information about getting involved is at the link below.
>> >>
>> >>         http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/get-involved.html
>> >>
>> >> There's list of ideas for contribution projects at the link below.
>> >>
>> >>         http://wiki.octave.org/Projects
>> >>
>> >> For ideas on small projects, you can browse the list of bugs.
>> >>
>> >>         https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php
>> >>
>> >> Ben
>> >
>> > My programming skills are: C, C++. I can use version control systems. I 
>> > have good knowledge of numerical analysis and algorithms. I've used both 
>> > Matlab and Ocatve for implementing some numerical algorithms. My main 
>> > problem is lack of experience in real projects. I'll be very grateful if I 
>> > can work with somebody for learning and contribution.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> 
>> I suggest you start by creating your own local archive and by building 
>> Octave.  If your OS is Linux or MacOS, this is fairly straight forward.  If 
>> you are using Windows, this is more difficult.  Which OS are you running?
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> I'm using Linux (Ubuntu 14.04). I've already downloaded Octave's source code 
> and installed it on my machine.

You're still not bottom posting.  Perhaps, you are using Gmail?

Did you download a tar-ball or have you cloned the developers sources using 
mercurial?

By "installed", do you mean you've already built and installed Octave?

Ben