Contributing¶

Contributions are welcome, and they are greatly appreciated! Every little bit helps, and credit will always be given.

You can contribute in many ways:

Types of Contributions¶

Report Bugs¶

Report bugs at https://github.com/mjuenema/python-TSIP/issues.

If you are reporting a bug, please include:

Your operating system name and version.
Any details about your local setup that might be helpful in troubleshooting.
Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.

Fix Bugs¶

Look through the GitHub issues for bugs. Anything tagged with “bug” is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Implement Features¶

Look through the GitHub issues for features. Anything tagged with “feature” is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Write Documentation¶

Python TSIP could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official Python TSIP docs, in docstrings, or even on the web in blog posts, articles, and such.

Submit Feedback¶

The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at https://github.com/mjuenema/python-TSIP/issues.

If you are proposing a feature:

Explain in detail how it would work.
Keep the scope as narrow as possible, to make it easier to implement.
Remember that this is a volunteer-driven project, and that contributions are welcome :)

Get Started!¶

Note

Some of the steps described below may not work yet.

Ready to contribute? Here’s how to set up python-TSIP for local development. Most of the commands are accessible through the mMkefile.

Install the gitflow Git add-on. Gitflow implements the work-flow described in A successful Git branching model.
Fork the python-TSIP repo on GitHub.

Clone your fork locally:

$ git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/python-TSIP.git

Install your local copy into a virtualenv. Assuming you have virtualenvwrapper installed, this is how you set up your fork for local development:
```
$ mkvirtualenv python-TSIP
$ cd python-TSIP/
$ python setup.py develop
```
Initialise Gitflow:
```
$ git flow init -d
```
Start a new feature or branch:
```
$ git flow feature start <name-of-your-feature>
```
Now you can make your changes locally.
When you’re done making changes, check that your changes pass flake8 and the tests:
```
$ make flake8
$ make test
```
If you have other Python versions installed, use the tox tool to test python-TSIP against them, too. You may have to adjust tox.ini to match your environment but please don’t git add tox.ini.

$ make tox

To get flake8 and tox, just pip install them into your virtualenv. You may have to adjust your PATH before running make tox so that the respective Python interpreters are found. In my setup I the different Python versions are installed under /opt/Python-<version:
```
$ export PATH=$PATH:`echo /opt/Python-*/bin | tr ' ' ':'`
```

Commit your changes and push your branch to GitHub:

$ git add .
$ git commit -m "Your detailed description of your changes."
$ git push origin feature/<name-of-your-feature>

Submit a pull request through the GitHub website.

Pull Request Guidelines¶

Before you submit a pull request, check that it meets these guidelines:

The pull request should include tests.
If the pull request adds functionality, the docs should be updated. Put your new functionality into a function with a docstring, and add the feature to the list in README.rst.
The pull request should work for Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, and 3.4, and for PyPy. Check https://travis-ci.org/mjuenema/python-TSIP/pull_requests and make sure that the tests pass for all supported Python versions.

Tips¶

To run a subset of tests:

$ nosetests tests/test_<name>.py