Contributing to GT
Lisa Childers
Argonne National Laboratory
University of Chicago
UK Globus Week
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How to Contribute Code
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Bug fixes and other code patches can be
submitted via bugzilla in an ad hoc manner
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http://bugzilla.globus.org/bugzilla/
For larger-scale contributions, one follows a
more formal process
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You send a description of the proposed
contribution to board@globus.org
A Globus Alliance staff member will work with
you to help resolve integration issues
You sign a contributor’s license allowing us to
distribute the contribution as part of GT
http://www-unix.globus.org/toolkit/contributions.html
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How to Contribute Documentation
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The Globus Documentation Project (GDP) is an
open place to collaborate on Globus-related
documentation
You can contribute
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Documents
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Interesting Globus links
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FAQs
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Code samples
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…
http://gdp.globus.org
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How to Contribute to Testing
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Log problems in bugzilla as you encounter them
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http://bugzilla.globus.org
Join GT4 Friends
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Weekly calls to continue after 4.0 Final release
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Participate in test drills
Respond to Calls for Community Testing
Send us your tests for inclusion in our automated
test suite
Participate in interop events
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Some Recent Examples
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MyProxy (NCSA) [now a core component]
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CSF (Platform Computing)
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Python WS Core (LBNL)
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The Globus Toolkit 4 Programmer’s Tutorial
(Sotomayor)
GT3.02 - GT4 Migration (Belfast e-Science
Centre)
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Summary
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Your Work is Welcome!
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The Globus Alliance is very interested in
forming collaborations with the community
If you have ideas for interesting projects or
have questions, feel free to contact
childers@mcs.anl.gov
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