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Re: contribute perl dpkg



Olá Guillem,

On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 6:21 PM Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> wrote:
Olà!


 
I'm not sure whether I'll have enough time or energy to do continued
guidance/mentoring. But we can try. :)
 
Thank you :)
 

Once you think you've good these covered, you could check: 
  <https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/Contribute>

Personally I find that scratching your own itch works best, but if you
are not maintaining packages, that might be difficult to come by.
Yes, I understand. I think that it will come naturally, in time
 
Perhaps a good way to get started with the code base could be to
improve the coverage by adding/extending unit tests?

  <https://www.dpkg.org/coverage/scripts/coverage.html>

Yes, I'm a fan of unit testing and code coverage.
I also use Devel::Cover in my projects.
I find that writing tests is an excellent way to dive into a new project.
I did that many times. That would be the place to start, great.
 

Otherwise perhaps a good initial task might be the Dpkg::Checksums
one from?

  <https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/Task/PerlAPICleanup>

I'll have a look into it, during my unit testing, and understand the issue
 

In general, I find that email requires more energy, as it feels more
formal and final, so perhaps you might want to join the #debian-dpkg
IRC channel on OFTC if you are into that.

I have never used IRC before but I will give it a try, during next week
 

Thanks,
Guillem

Thanks
Joao


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