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This page gives an overview of how to contribute software changes to Apache Trafodion. It points to additional pages that give more detailed information. New contributors should read this section and understand its material before starting You can contribute by updating software, changing documentation and maintaining the wiki pages.
To contribute to the wiki, see Contributing Contribute to the Wiki.
Overview
Thanks for your interest in contributing. Feel free to ask clarifying question questions on the dev<at>trafodion.incubator.apache.org mail list.
The Trafodion project is now an Incubating a top-level Apache project since December 20th, 2017.
Workflow
Documentation Guidelines
<TBD - placeholder - the documentation logistics are still being worked out>The Committer Workflow describes how project committers merge the code.
Coding Guidelines
The Trafodion code follows a set of Coding Guidelines. You should review these before making code changes.
Workflow
The Contributor Workflow - Code/Docs describes the contributor work flow.
Building
Committers
We are always looking for new committers. If you are a committer please see the instructions in Committer WorkflowOnce you have done account setup and project setup and have set up your local repository appropriately, you are ready to build the software. See detailed instructions in Building the Software.
Debugging
While unit testing your code, you may find you need to debug it. For some debugging tips, see Debugging Tips.
Test Suites
There are test suites for each Trafodion repository. For details, see the Test Suites.
Troubleshooting
Problems can occur while building and running Trafodion, see Troubleshooting for Trafodion Developers for some hints.
Bug Tracking
We use Apache JIRA for tracking bugs in Trafodion. For details, see tracking bugs.
Helpful Links
For links to sites that you might frequently access while contributing to the software, see Helpful Links for Trafodion Developers.