Contributing

Contributions are welcome, and they are greatly appreciated! Every little bit helps, and credit will always be given.

You can contribute in many ways:

Types of Contributions

Report Bugs

Report bugs at https://github.com/jurya/landscape_api_py3/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.

Fix Bugs

Look through the GitHub issues for bugs. Anything tagged with “bug” and “help wanted” is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Implement Features

Look through the GitHub issues for features. Anything tagged with “enhancement” and “help wanted” is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Write Documentation

Landscape API (Python 3) could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official Landscape API (Python 3) docs, in docstrings, or even on the web in blog posts, articles, and such.

Submit Feedback

The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at https://github.com/jurya/landscape_api_py3/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 :)

Get Started!

Ready to contribute? Here’s how to set up landscape_api_py3 for local development.

  1. Fork the landscape_api_py3 repo on GitHub.

  2. Clone your fork locally:

    $ git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/landscape_api_py3.git

  3. Install your local copy into a virtualenv (using pipenv). Assuming you have virtualenvwrapper installed, this is how you set up your fork for local development:

    $ pipenv install --dev --pre

  4. Setup pre-commit and pre-push hooks:

    $ pipenv run pre-commit install -t pre-commit
$ pipenv run pre-commit install -t pre-push

  5. Activate virtual environment:

    $ pipenv shell

  1. Create a branch for local development:

    $ git checkout -b name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature

    Now you can make your changes locally.

  2. When you’re done making changes, check that your changes pass flake8 and the tests, including testing other Python versions with tox:

    $ flake8 landscape_api_py3 tests
$ pytest
$ tox

    flake8, pytest, tox (and other tools) are installed automatically by pipenv (step 3).

  3. 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

  4. Submit a pull request through the GitHub website.

Pull Request Guidelines

Before you submit a pull request, check that it meets these guidelines:

  1. The pull request should include tests.

  2. If the pull request adds functionality, the docs should be updated. Put your new functionality into a function with a docstring, and add the feature to the list in README.rst.

  3. The pull request should work for Python 3.8, and for PyPy. Check https://travis-ci.com/jurya/landscape_api_py3/pull_requests and make sure that the tests pass for all supported Python versions.

Tips

To run a subset of tests:

$ python -m unittest tests.test_landscape_api_py3

Deploying

A reminder for the maintainers on how to deploy. Make sure all your changes are committed (including an entry in HISTORY.rst). Then run:

$ bump2version patch # possible: major / minor / patch
$ git push
$ git push --tags

Travis will then deploy to PyPI if tests pass.