09-14-2014, 04:37 PM | #1 |
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Getting started with calibre development.
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I'm new to calibre and would like to start contributing. I have read the calibre developers manual, downloaded the source and setup my development environment. I looked over the bugs but could not decide which might be a good bug to get started, or even some other point to get started. Can someone please guide me along ? Thanks, Aman Kaushik |
09-14-2014, 05:42 PM | #2 | |
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Another possibility is plugin development There are a number of PI's written by kiwidude. He is currently unavailable to spend time maintaining/enhancing them them due other commitments. Some of them have outstanding 'issues' and enhancement requests - Find Duplicates & Modify come to mind, and I'd like View Manager to have an option to integrate with Virtual Libraries. That could be another starting point, there's also a Wish list in the Plug ins sub forum - its a sticky. BR |
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09-14-2014, 06:13 PM | #3 | |
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I too am new here and I am frankly astounded by how large Calibre is! I will definitely look into the Wish List section. Any other ways that I could contribute more to Calibre? Also about helping in debugging, how exactly does that work? I saw that when bug reports came in they were assigned to some specific developers. Does only a small group of developers manage bugs or can anybody contribute? |
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I'll let Kovid Goyal answer your questions about bug management etc. But his comments in this thread Helping to Develop Calibre Core Software may be of interest. Kovid is the calibre king BR |
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Hey! The fact that I made an account on this site yesterday doesn't mean that I have not been searching for a place to start for some time! The Wish List has some interesting ideas. Earlier I had a plan to develop a Windows 8 app for Calibre but I just saw that somebody was already working on it. Will talk to that guy to ask if he needs any help. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=195616 But after reading his conversation with Kovid, it doesn't seem so. Just gotta keep exploring I guess, until I find something I would like to do. Atleast Kovid agrees with my approach! Quote:
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09-14-2014, 10:18 PM | #6 |
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@Xenon-ud: My philosophy for development is simple. I like people to scratch their own itches. So if you have something that you want calibre to do, personally, go ahead and write the code for it. That way there is a greater chance that you will stick around to maintain that code in the future
If it is something large/invasive, it is best to discuss it here first. As for bug reports, I tend to fix almost all simple bugs in the weekly release cycle, so bug reports are not a good place to get started. |
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I'll try that. |
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