Contributions are welcome, and they are greatly appreciated! Every little bit helps, and credit will always be given.
You can contribute in many ways:
Report bugs at https://github.com/sneakypete81/usb_iss/issues.
If you are reporting a bug, please include:
- Your operating system name and version.
- Any details about your local setup that might be helpful in troubleshooting.
- Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.
Look through the GitHub issues for bugs. Anything tagged with "bug" and "help wanted" is open to whoever wants to implement it.
Look through the GitHub issues for features. Anything tagged with "enhancement" and "help wanted" is open to whoever wants to implement it.
The USB-ISS Python Library could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official USB-ISS Python Library docs, in docstrings, or even on the web in blog posts, articles, and such.
The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at https://github.com/sneakypete81/usb_iss/issues.
If you are proposing a feature:
- Explain in detail how it would work.
- Keep the scope as narrow as possible, to make it easier to implement.
- Remember that this is a volunteer-driven project, and that contributions are welcome :)
Ready to contribute? Here's how to set up usb_iss for local development.
Fork the usb_iss repo on GitHub.
Clone your fork locally:
$ git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/usb_iss.git $ cd usb_iss
Install your local clone (plus developer dependencies) into a virtualenv and activate it:
$ pip install virtualenv $ make develop $ . .venv/bin/activate
Create a branch for local development:
$ git checkout -b name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature
Now you can make your changes locally.
When you're done making changes, check that your changes pass flake8 and the tests, including testing other Python versions with tox:
$ make test-all
Commit your changes and push your branch to GitHub:
$ git add . $ git commit -m "Your detailed description of your changes." $ git push origin name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature
Submit a pull request through the GitHub website.
Before you submit a pull request, check that it meets these guidelines:
- The pull request should include tests.
- If the pull request adds functionality, the docs should be updated. Put your new functionality into a function with a docstring.
- The pull request should work for Python 3.5 and later. Check https://travis-ci.org/sneakypete81/usb_iss/pull_requests and make sure that the tests pass for all supported Python versions.
To run the tests in the default python environment quickly:
$ make test
A reminder for the maintainers on how to deploy:
$ # Update CHANGELOG.rst
$ bumpversion [major|minor|patch]
$ git push
$ git push --tags
Travis will then deploy to PyPI if tests pass.