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Contributing
============
We're really glad you're reading this and considering contributing to
`django-helpdesk`! As an open source project, we rely on volunteers
to improve and grow the project. Welcome!
django-helpdesk is an open-source project and as such contributions from the
community are welcomed and encouraged!
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https://github.com/django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk
Licensing
---------
All contributions to django-helpdesk *must* be under the BSD license documented
in the LICENSE file in the top-level directory of this project.
Testing
-------
By submitting a contribution to this project (in any way: via e-mail,
via GitHub pull requests, ticket attachments, etc), you acknowledge that your
contribution is open-source and licensed under the BSD license.
If you don't mind testing pre-releases (don't use in production!), we appreciate
continuous feedback on the `develop` branch, which is our work toward the next
major release. Please file bug reports, and tag the report with the "pre-release"
tag.
If you or your organisation does not accept these license terms then we cannot
accept your contribution. Please reconsider!
This is an easy way to get involved that doesn't require programming.
Ways to Contribute
------------------
We're happy to include any type of contribution! This can be:
* back-end python/django code development
* front-end web development (HTML/Javascript, especially jQuery)
* language translations
* writing improved documentation and demos
More details on each of theses tasks is below.
If you have any questions on contributing, please start a discussion on
the GitHub issue tracker at
https://github.com/django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk/issues
Back-end Python/Django
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Pull Requests
-------------
Please fork the project on GitHub, make your changes, and submit a
pull request back into the appropriate branch of the
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that your commits should include database schema python scripts; see the
Database Schema Changes section below for more details.
Coding Conventions
------------------
Be sure all Python code follows PEP8 conventions.
Ideally, add comments and documentation whenever you touch code.
HTML and Javascript templates should be appropriately indented.
Database schema changes
-----------------------
As well as making your normal code changes to ``models.py``, please generate a
Django migration file and commit it with your code. You will want to use a
command similar to the following::
./manage.py migrate helpdesk --auto [migration_name]
Make sure that ``migration_name`` is a sensible single-string explanation of
what this migration does, such as *add_priority_options* or *add_basket_table*.
This will add a file to the ``migrations/`` folder, which must be committed to
git with your other code changes.
Tests
.....
-----
Currently, test coverage is very low. We're working on increasing this, and to
make life easier we are using Travis CI (http://travis-ci.org/) for continuous
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https://github.com/django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk/issues
Database schema changes
.......................
As well as making your normal code changes to ``models.py``, please generate a
Django migration file and commit it with your code. You will want to use a
command similar to the following::
Ways to Contribute
------------------
./manage.py migrate helpdesk --auto [migration_name]
We're happy to include any type of contribution! This can be:
Make sure that ``migration_name`` is a sensible single-string explanation of
what this migration does, such as *add_priority_options* or *add_basket_table*.
* back-end python/django code development
* front-end web development (HTML/Javascript, especially jQuery)
* language translations
* writing improved documentation and demos
More details on each of theses tasks is below.
If you have any questions on contributing, please start a discussion on
the GitHub issue tracker at
https://github.com/django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk/issues
This will add a file to the ``migrations/`` folder, which must be committed to
git with your other code changes.
Translations
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------------
Although `django-helpdesk` has originally been written for the English language,
there are already multiple community translations, including Spanish, Polish,
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http://www.transifex.net/projects/p/django-helpdesk/resource/core/
Once you have translated content via Transifex, please raise an issue on the
project Github page to let us know it's ready to import.
project Github page and tag it as "translations" to let us know it's ready to
import.
Licensing
---------
All contributions to django-helpdesk *must* be under the BSD license documented
in the LICENSE file in the top-level directory of this project.
By submitting a contribution to this project (in any way: via e-mail,
via GitHub pull requests, ticket attachments, etc), you acknowledge that your
contribution is open-source and licensed under the BSD license.
If you or your organization does not accept these license terms then we cannot
accept your contribution. Please reconsider!