Re: [IBMiOSS] Would like to contribute time

Thanks for the explanation and guidance. I'll try to work on it some over
the weekend.

All the best,

Richard Reeve


On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 8:14 PM Niels Liisberg <nli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Hello Richard,

Then I would suggest that you start easy and get your feet wet with git and
IBM i:

There is a small bug in this tool: cvtrpgfree I would appreciate it if you
could help me with fixing that.

This is the landing page for the project:

https://github.com/NielsLiisberg/cvtrpgfree

The bug is reported here:

https://github.com/NielsLiisberg/cvtrpgfree/issues

So if you use the instructions found here:

https://github.com/NielsLiisberg/cvtrpgfree/blob/master/README.md

And I am sure that @Holger will give you some IBM i space to play with in
"the bunker"

You will probably need some new open source tools that handles git on your
PC :

So download vsCode:

https://code.visualstudio.com/download

Enable the RPG plugin:

Click "Extensions" and search for RPG .. and you will find my name .. yes
7000 + users is not bad ;)

Now you can compile the RPG code directly in vsCode on holger s IBM i - and
is will position on errors - if any .. and best

vsCode has a brilliant integration to git, so when you are ready you simply
make a "pull request" and I will be noticed - and do the code review...

.. This is simply how all open source projects work - Welcome on board
IBMiOSS - and Thank you for your interest !!

P.S. A side benefit - You will learn a lot about RPG free - since this is
what this project cvtrpgfree is all about.



On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 3:51 PM Holger Scherer <hs@xxxxxxx> wrote:

If there is some issue on PUB400 just let me know :)
-h


(POWERbunker.com - home of PUB400)

Am 17.02.2021 um 11:04 schrieb Richard Reeve <rjrjr64@xxxxxxxxx>:

Good morning Niels,

I'll need a bit of guidance getting started. FWIW - I'll be

working

on the PUB400 box so please keep that in mind. I've never done any
opensource work, so I'm clueless as to the process. Please be patient

with

me.

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