[Shotwell] Want to contribute but I have some problems here and a question.

[Bruno Girin]

On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 09:34 +0200, ZedTuX ZedR00t wrote:
> Hello Adam,
> 
> Okay. I have asked this question because for code submitting, Launchpad 
> (like github) offer very good features.
> Anyway, I prefer to work with Launchpad an Bazaar, so as I saw an 
> automatic import in Launchpad for Shotwell, I will build my own branch 
> and when I will have finished, I will do a patch or you will merge it 
> your self, if my feature and code are accepted ;)

The process I have been using, as an external contributor is:
      * Assign myself to the ticket (in your case 1702)
      * Get the code out of SVN trunk, as described in the download
        source section on this page: http://yorba.org/shotwell/install/
      * Implement the feature locally, making sure to run svn update on
        a regular basis to have the latest changes
      * Attach the output of svn diff to the ticket

I think the important thing is that the work you do be attached to a
ticket in Trac so that it doesn't come as a complete surprise when you
submit it. Also, having it in Trac means that it's easy to attach your
patch to the ticket, irrespective of whether you go the Launchpad or the
SVN route.

Bruno