This page gives an overview of how to contribute software to Trafodion. It points to additional pages that give more detailed information. New contributors should read this section and understand its material before starting.
To contribute to the wiki, see Contributing to the Wiki.
Overview
Thanks for your interest in contributing. Feel free to ask clarifying question on the dev<at>trafodion.incubator.apache.org mail list.
The Trafodion project is now an Incubating Apache project.
Workflow
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.
Building
Once 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.
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.