Project Name: Inkscape
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: Overall Website
What is the purpose of the project: The purpose of the project is to provide an open source way to draw vector graphics online.
How easy was it to find information about contributing on the website? It was extremely easy. It was one of the tabs on top of the page.
Contributing instructions: Here
URL for the code repository: Code repository depending on what you want to do you can enter a different project. I am interested in the UX part. This is another website
Bug/Issue tracker link: Bug/Issue tracker
Mailing list: Mailing list
Chat channel: Chat channel
Other communication channels: calender
License: License
Is it OSI approved license: GNU General Public License Version 2
Programming Language(s): C++, Perl, Python,
URL for contributing instructions: Contributing instructions
Are the contributing instructions clear? The instructions are relatively clear. It gives you the basics that you need.
URL for code of conduct / community norms / community guildelines: Community Guidelines 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? It is a matter of clicking the correct OS app.
URL for instructions for how to install development environment: here
Are these instruction clear? Do you think they would be easy to follow? The instructions are not really that clear. There is a lot of information but it is not a step-by-step guide.
Number of contributors: 96 contributors
Usernames of three contributors with largest number of commits; for each of them list the link to their latest commit:
- [Jabier Arraiza] (900 commits) - Their Latest Commit
- [Martin Owens] (516 commits) - Their Latest Commit
- [Thomas Holder] (507 commits) - Their Latest Commit
Number of commits: 27,837 commits
Latest commit
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link to the commit: Latest commit
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who made that commit: Commited by Adam Belis, monitored by Mansi
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what type of work was commited? (was it a fix to a bug, implementation of a new feature, ...) Fix a bug with the tiles
Issues
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how many open issues are there: 1787 Open Issues
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url for the last issue created: Last issue created
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how many users discuss the issue: 0 person; it is the only the person that submitted it
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when was the issue reported: 3 hours ago (March 3, 2024 approximately 6 pm)
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how many closed issues are there: xxx closed issues
- url for the last issue closed: Last issue closed
- how many users discussed the issue: 2 people
- when was the issue reported: 1 week ago from March 3, 2024
- when was the issue closed: 1 week ago from March 3, 2024
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how active is the discussion on the issues:
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example of a lot of good discussion: Good discussion
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example of an issue that does not have much discussion: Not much discussion
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are there issues marked "good for newbies", "beginner" or some other indicators that imply that they are good for beginner contributors: There are no issues marked as such.
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how many of such issues are there? N/A
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look at a few of them, do they look beginner friendly? N/A
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are there issues marked "documentation" or some other indicators that imply that they are documentation (user or developer specific): They are called "documentation."
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how many of such issues are there? 2 open issues
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look at a few of them, do you think you could submit a fix? They are probably issues that I can submit a fix.
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Pull requests
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how many open pull requests are there: 147 pull requests
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url for the last pull request created: Last Pull Request created
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when was the last pull request made: 6 hours ago (March 3, 2023 around 4 pm)
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url for the oldest pull request created: Oldest Pull Request created
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when was the oldest pull request made: 4 years ago
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how many closed pull requests are there: 857 pull requests
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url for the last pull request closed: Last Pull Request closed
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how many users discussed the pull request: 1 users
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when was the pull request made: 2 days ago (March 1, 2023)
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when was the pull request closed: 2 days ago (March 1, 2023)
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do maintainers respond quickly to pull requests when they are opened? Maintainers do respond relatively quickly to pull requests when they are opened.
Each member of your group should attempt to configure the development environemnt for this project. Complete the following for each member:
Name: Julissa Laignelet
Operating system: macOS
Was the installation successful? (if not, explain what went wrong and what you did to try to remedy it) The installation was successful but with a lot of patient. The downloading of the development environment was initially not working with my computer and I had to google other fixes to download it.
How long did the whole process take? Around an hour and a little bit more.
How friendly is this project for beginner contributors? This project is not beginner friendly. You need prior experience.
Do the maintainers respond helpfully to questions in issues? They are helpful in responding to your questions and are relatively quick.
Are people friendly in the issues, discussion forum, and chat (for example, IRC or Slack)? The people are friendly discussing issues and in the chat.
Do pull requests get reviewed? Pull requests do get reviewed and commented if there are any issues.
Do maintainers thank people for their contributions? Maintainers do thank people for their contributions.
Are there special skills required to contribute to the project? If so, what are they? You need to know Perl, Python, and c++.
Are there any special hardware/software requirements to be able to contribute to the project? If so, what are they? There are the requested software requirements.They are also a few dependencies that are necessary. You need to follow the instructions.