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IanMcDonald presents "Contributing to Open Source Projects".

Date: Monday 31 October
Time: 7:30pm1?
Location: LitB at WaikatoUniversity

In his presentation, Ian will cover:

  • wiki-ing
  • SourceForge?

  • source code management systems
  • writing documentation
  • use of mailing lists (including warnings about flames etc)
  • submitting code

It is aimed at all levels - everyone, even if they can't code, can contribute by testing, documenting etc.

Ian has returned to PhD studies at WaikatoUniversity after 15 years in the IT workforce. His research is on congestion control in networking and has contributed to many open source projects, notably including the DCCP protocol for Linux, which is currently being merged into the main Linux kernel.


MeetingTopics

1? As previously discussed at the AGM, all meetings from now on will be held at 7:30pm, as the reasons for holding them earlier in winter no longer apply.