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Project Evaluation Activity

Project Name: Audacity

Finding info about contributing on the website.

In the following section you should only enter the information that you found on the project website. Some of the answers will be impossible to find, others may be very hard to find. Do not google for answers.

Project website: [Website}(https://www.audacityteam.org)

What is the purpose of the project: To provide free audio recording and editing software.

How easy was it to find information about contributing on the website? It's there, but wasn't very clear to find.

Contributing instructions: Here

URL for the code repository: Code repository

Bug/Issue tracker link: [Bug/Issue tracker]((https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues)

Mailing list: Mailing list

Chat channel: [Chat channel]((https://discord.com/invite/audacity)

Other communication channels: Facebook Github

Finding info at the project repository and bug/issue tracker.

License: License

Is it OSI approved license: License

Programming Language(s): C, C++, Python

URL for contributing instructions: [Contributing instructions](Here

Are the contributing instructions clear? Yes, pretty clear.

URL for code of conduct / community norms / community guildelines: [Community Guidelines](https://github.com/audacity/audacity/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

URL for instructions for users to download and install the package: here.

Are these instructions clear? Do you think they would be easy to follow? Yes, clear and easy to follow.

URL for instructions for how to install development environment: here

Are these instruction clear? Do you think they would be easy to follow? Yes, clear.

Number of contributors: 203 contributors

Usernames of three contributors with largest number of commits; for each of them list the link to their latest commit:

  1. [Paul-Licameli] (8,763 commits) - Their Latest Commit
  2. [JamesCrook] (1,816 commits) - Their Latest Commit
  3. [Illucius] (1,259 commits) - Their Latest Commit

Number of commits: xxxx commits

Latest commit 18,501

  • link to the commit: Latest commit

  • who made that commit: LWinterberg

  • what type of work was commited? (was it a fix to a bug, implementation of a new feature, ...) Translation Updates, Date Updates

Issues

  • how many open issues are there: 958 Open Issues

    • url for the last issue created: Last issue created

    • how many users discuss the issue: 00 person

    • when was the issue reported: 4 Hours ago (2-26-2024, 9:31 PM)

  • how many closed issues are there: 2,435 closed issues

    • url for the last issue closed: Last issue closed
    • how many users discussed the issue: 03 people
    • when was the issue reported: Yesterday (2-25-24)
    • when was the issue closed: 8 hours ago, 2-25-24

  • how active is the discussion on the issues: Varies, but overall pretty active.

  • are there issues marked "good for newbies", "beginner" or some other indicators that imply that they are good for beginner contributors: Yes, "minor feature"

    • how many of such issues are there? 51 issues

    • look at a few of them, do they look beginner friendly? Kind of, not really.

  • are there issues marked "documentation" or some other indicators that imply that they are documentation (user or developer specific):

    • how many of such issues are there? 0

    • look at a few of them, do you think you could submit a fix? Definitely.

Pull requests

  • how many open pull requests are there: 122 pull requests

  • how many closed pull requests are there: 2,273

    • url for the last pull request closed: Last Pull Request closed

    • how many users discussed the pull request: 01 users

    • when was the pull request made: Feb. 25th, 2024

    • when was the pull request closed: Feb. 26th, 2024

  • do maintainers respond quickly to pull requests when they are opened? Yes, within a few days or less.

Development Environment ****

Each member of your group should attempt to configure the development environemnt for this project. Complete the following for each member:

Name:

Operating system:

Was the installation successful? (if not, explain what went wrong and what you did to try to remedy it)

How long did the whole process take?

Summary assesment

How friendly is this project for beginner contributors? Not sure, the problems seem very deep, as well as specific to C and C++.

Do the maintainers respond helpfully to questions in issues? Yes.

Are people friendly in the issues, discussion forum, and chat (for example, IRC or Slack)? Kind of, it's more unfiltered constructive criticism.

Do pull requests get reviewed? A lot of times, no.

Do maintainers thank people for their contributions? No.

Are there special skills required to contribute to the project? If so, what are they? Yes, C and C++, two very special skills.

Are there any special hardware/software requirements to be able to contribute to the project? If so, what are they? python3 >= 3.8, cmake >= 3.16, a working C++ 17 compiler, Graphviz (optional), and Conan 2.