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Message: 6<br>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:23:03 -0700 (PDT)<br>
From: BlushBoy <<a href="mailto:jayantssable@gmail.com">jayantssable@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org">libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org</a><br>
Subject: NewBie To GSOC And Really wanted to work with LibreOffice<br>
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Hello everyone!<br>
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I'm newbie to GSOC and really impressed with various projects published on<br>
ideas list of libreoffice and really wanted to be the part of libreoffice.<br>
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I am Jayant Sable from India currently doing Bachelor of Engineering in<br>
Computer Technology. My grades are<br>
good as my current CGPA is 8.6/10. I am pretty much aware with programming<br>
fields as i have good rankings in <a href="http://codechef.com" target="_blank">codechef.com</a>(online programming contest<br>
site) <a href="http://www.codechef.com/users/jan__" target="_blank">http://www.codechef.com/users/jan__</a><br>
I've done a topcoder marathon too. But that was a programming part. I really<br>
wanted to work on projects at GSOC and really impressed with LIBREOFFICE.<br>
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So, i just wanted to get started with libreoffice and its wanted to familier<br>
with it.<br>
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I'm attracted with projects "Improve usability of Personas" and "Use Widget<br>
Layout for the Start Center".<br>
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So i really wanted to know from where should i start for these projects and<br>
what should i do to make impact as a student<br>
for these projects.<br>
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Thanking You!</blockquote><div><br></div><div style>First, welcome! Great to have you interested. For GSoC specific questions, I'm not so sure as I'm not involved with that aspect of LibreOffice but how to get involved immediately, I have some pointers :)</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>1. Download and build libreoffice on your system - if you're running Linux here are the instructions, seems like Wiki has been updated <a href="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/BuildingTipsAndTricks">https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/BuildingTipsAndTricks</a></div>
<div style><br></div><div style>2. Join us on IRC (freenode @ #libreoffice-dev)</div><div style><br></div><div style>3. Take a look at our easy hacks if you want to try a patch out immediately - <a href="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Easy_Hacks_by_Difficulty">https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Easy_Hacks_by_Difficulty</a></div>
<div style><br></div><div style>4. Get familiar with our wiki as much as possible</div><div style><br></div><div style>5. And my personal pitch, join us over on the QA side for a couple weeks to get familiar with FDO (bug tracker), to look at our triaging process, get active in the community, etc...</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>you can find us on freenode @ #libreoffice-qa</div><div style><br></div><div style><br></div><div style><br></div><div style>Best Regards,</div><div style>Joel </div></div><div><br></div>-- <br>
<div dir="ltr"><b><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">Joel Madero</font></b><div><font face="garamond, serif">LibreOffice QA Volunteer</font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif"><a href="mailto:jmadero.dev@gmail.com" target="_blank">jmadero.dev@gmail.com</a></font></div>
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