Call for maintainers

hummlbach

The following core respectively system apps are currently unmaintained. (Or at least it seems so, no offense if you're the maintainer of one of these, just say beep ;))

Browser, contacts, music, weather, docviewer, gallery, messaging, mediaplayer, notes;

Who can imagine being the maintainer of one of these apps? Maintaining an app does not necessarily mean writing code, but I think at least understanding the code would be very helpful to manage and sort the issues.

Our core/system apps were very happy if they would find maintainers...

jezek

@hummlbach Ok. I've decided. I'm ready to maintain the messaging app, if there isn't anybody else. I think I can read/write code, but I'm not familiar with the workflow of maintaining an app on UT. So what do I need to do/know for starters?

elastic

@hummlbach I would really like to help but the last piece of code I wrote has been in the mid 1980s on a ZX spectrum in Basic, so I won't be much help in case of code I'm really good at maintaining hardware and at fixing problems on a user support level but thats it ... if you need any help in testing, project management, end-user support, communication, event-planning ... I'm your man and willing to help - but maintainer of a core app ... sorry
If you need someone for maintaining the community - let me know, that's something I might be able to manage - at least for central Europe ...

stefwe

@hummlbach i'm interessted to help maintain Emanuele Sorce with the gallery app. But i need some time before i can work efficiency on the code base. That's all new to me...
So first i can sort some issues

doniks

@jezek

@jezek said in Call for maintainers:

@hummlbach Ok. I've decided. I'm ready to maintain the messaging app, if there isn't anybody else. I think I can read/write code, but I'm not familiar with the workflow of maintaining an app on UT. So what do I need to do/know for starters?

Awesome. Just thinking out loud here, I'd say:

make sure you can compile it locally, install and run on your device
pick an issue/feature you want and fix/build it
align with ubports team how to manage release/repository access

Edit: Character counter for SMS/MMS might be a good one to wet ones appetite

hummlbach

@jezek as doniks said, compiling the app and perhaps fixing a bug would be a good start to get to know the code a little bit. (Now step 3 a little more detailed.) Then if you're sure you want to maintain it, you may state that here: https://github.com/ubports/messaging-app/issues/1 Then you'll likely get the permissions to commit on branches of the messaging-app repository and manage the issues. The work flow then would be roughly: Assign the bug, lets assume to yourself, develop your fix on a branch of the official messaging repository, eventually create a beta release on github (s.t. qa team has something to work with), make a pull request. Once thats all done someone will publish the new release in the openstore. Beside that you'll moderate the discussion on the issues on github...

@elastic don't worry, but I don't know how to get involved into the "community management", I was just browsing through the app repos and collecting the "needs maintainer" issues

@Einstein212 Yes I know how that feels I was also completely new to qml, when I was starting hacking around in the calendar... And it still feels like: "Uuuhmmm I don't really know what I'm doing..." And it also took me some reasonably amount of time to at least understand whats going on a little bit.

jezek

@doniks @hummlbach yop, that's the way to go. I'll give it a try in near future.

doniks

@elastic said in Call for maintainers:

If you need someone for maintaining the community - let me know, that's something I might be able to manage - at least for central Europe ...

Funny you should mention that ... there was one (or more?) gatherings and quite a bit of interest in it previously - https://forums.ubports.com/topic/772/workshops-at-locations - if you feel like hosting such a thing, I'm sure you'll find some participants!

flohack

Hello, to all new maintainers:

Please fork the repo on Github
Prepare whatever you like
Submit a PR against the master branch
If it is a complex / GUI change, plz provide click packages for testing
Ping us for joining the QA group in Telegram an announce your fixes
Release can be done by us for the moment

BR

stefwe

@flohack i try to walk this way

advocatux

@flohack

Release can be done bus us for the moment

It could be said then...
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...you're very busy
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flohack

@advocatux Haha fixed thx