Getting CVS check-in access
While the netbeans CVS repository allows anonymous read access, an
account must be specifically granted permissions to write, or commit, to the
repository. This page outlines the process for requesting such permission.
Requesting commit access for the NetBeans sources
If you would like to work seriously on a piece of existing NetBeans
code:
- Make sure you are subscribed to (and read!) the relevant mailing
lists so that you know what is going on in that area of development.
It is really necessary to subscribe to
broken builds notification mailing list.
- Make sure you have looked through the existing source code and
understand what it is doing and how. If something is poorly documented,
confusing, or you just can't grasp what is going on, ask on the associated
mailing list for a summary. Probably the original developer should write
better Javadoc or other documentation to explain it anyway.
- Make sure you have a login on the
site. Anyone can make one for him or herself (but without any special
permissions). You will need one for using Issuezilla, CVS, and so on.
- Submit some patches so that it is
clear you know what you are doing.
- Ask the maintainer to be given checkin permission on an area of the
codebase, and explain what sorts of things you are interested in doing with
it. You will need to communicate frequently with person or people who
already maintain that area of code, so make sure there is an agreement on
what you should be working on.
- Also mention in writing that you understand that your work is on
CDDL (Common Development and
Distribution License) code and that you agree
that all changes you make are things you write yourself and that they can be
incorporated under the CDDL.
You must have filled in
a Contributor Agreement - see the CA
Policy page for more info. No code can be committed until a
CA is completed.
- While logged into the site, request the Developer role on the
modules you are interested in - from the module's home page, click the
"Member's" link, and you should see a "Join this module" link. This
sends a request to the module owner(s), which can be approved or not.
The module owner ought to mention on nbdev new people he or she is
approving as developers with a summary of what they are working on, and
initially take responsibility for making sure they know what to
do.
- If approved, you can begin working.
Make sure you understand which CVS branch you are supposed to be working on!
Also make sure you read and understand the Commit Rules.
- Make modifications and enhancements and talk about them on the
associated mailing lists.
- If you need checkin permission for the whole repository,
you can request a "grandfather" role, which has write permissions
everywhere. If you think you need to do this, please ask on nbdev,
and explain why you need it. Give people at least a few days to
react to your request before asking that it be granted. This role should
not be required often, but is helpful for major refactorings etc.
Requesting commit access for html content
The netbeans website is in CVS, just like the NetBeans sources are.
The process of requesting permissions to commit to the site are basically
the same as those listed above.
- Read the guidelines;
- Submit your updates, or new content, via email, either as patches,
or as complete html files. Please make sure that it is clear what page your
submission is for, eg mention the full URL. If it is a new file, pls observe
the naming conventions described
in the guidelines - if you're unsure, just ask for help, the webteam can help.
- Make sure you are comfortable using CVS;
- You should understand how the whole netbeans publishing process works;
- Once the above are satisfied, register
on netbeans, and request
the Content Developer role on the testwww site. You might want to mail
and explain what you plan to be doing, and make sure everyone
is agreed on what parts of the site you will be working on.
