Posted by PatGuano on Oct 31, 2011; 6:33pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Presentation-and-S-O-S-tp4952926p4953180.html

Good evening.

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:01:53 -0700 (PDT)
"dxli [via LibreCAD]" <ml-node+s1049103n4953082h99@n5.nabble.com> wrote:

> if you are use linux OS/X, it's even easier with command list. Let me
> know if you need help on unix-like, since I'm a linux only guy.
>
> We need help on many areas, to name a few,  

It would be an honour for me, if I could be of help. Let me however
dwell on github and the command-line, first. See what I do and the
result of it:
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michael@drusus:~/prog/LibreCAD_Fork$ git remote add upstream
git://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD.git fatal: remote upstream already
exists. michael@drusus:~/prog/LibreCAD_Fork$ git fetch upstream
github.com[0: 207.97.227.239]: errno=Connection timed out
fatal: unable to connect a socket (Connection timed out)
michael@drusus:~/prog/LibreCAD_Fork$
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So much for the fetch upstream.

> http://librecad.org/cms/home/get-help.html
>
> you may find some easy fixes for bugs, or read closed bugs, read the
> commits which fixed the bugs. It will help you to get some picture
> about how it works.  

I found code that must be changed to be future-proof and bugs, one of
which had already been fixed yesterday: the missing wildcard in the
file-filter.

> Finally, in the orientation process, you may want to contribute to our
> LibreCAD wiki (user wiki, and developer wiki),
>
>  http://zxq9.com/librecad/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
>
> https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD/wiki 

Here, I have added two points but refrain from doing more before I am
able to configure my own development-environment.

>
> Thanks,
>
> Dongxu Li  

I thank you. ;-)

Thanks to LibreCAD, I can get my construction-permit and do not have to
explain to an architect what GREB means or how I want to live on a tiny
space like that...

Cheerio,

Michael.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 1:06 PM, PatGuano [via LibreCAD] <
> ml-node+s1049103n4952926h74@n5.nabble.com> wrote:
>  
> > Good evening.
> >
> > I am Michael Uplawski, developer with some C++/Qt-, and other
> > background. For some days already, I try to understand how I could
> > contribute to the LibreCAD development.
> >
> > Originally from Germany, I am living in France now where I try to
> > make the "transition" to a more ecological life-style. This is a
> > rather agriculture-oriented move and includes many things; most are
> > not IT-related. However, free software must help me to keep my head
> > over water for some time and anyway.., it may be the only software
> > worth talking about, before long.
> >
> > So, LibreCAD. I used first QCad, then LibreCAD to design my plan
> > for our new house (which will be a GREB-construction, i.e.
> > wood/straw). In the process, I found some oddities and thought I
> > could take a look at the code. So I did and now I feel like
> > contributing code, but also documentation and, -why not-,
> > translations to the project.
> >
> > Alas.
> >
> > Having just registered to the mailing list... or nabble (what is
> > it?), I am a little shocked to find a multitude of
> > communication-channels being used by the LibreCAD-community. As for
> > the last days I tried to get warm with GIT and failed, I
> > concentrated on that platform and solely posted two or three issues
> > there.
> >
> > At the same time, I worked a little on my own fork in order to
> > understand the project and maybe contribute on a rather modest
> > level.
> >
> > This evening, as I write this message, I am at a complete loss. GIT
> > will not let me "fetch upstream" and I cannot really see a way to
> > securely publish any of my changes. With the new knowledge gained
> > from looking at the many threads on this discussion-... "platform"
> > I take, that my understanding of the project had all been wrong in
> > the first place.
> >
> > ... You may be into this for months and longer but should consider
> > a guide to "contributing to LibreCAD" much more concise than the
> > hints already given in different places or on diverse occasions...
> > But that is for the future and you will find a way.
> >
> > For now it is just this: What shall I do? ;-)
> >
> > TY.
> >
> > Michael Uplawski.
> > www.uplawski.eu
> >
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