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==Modules== | ==Modules== | ||
If you are interested in writing or hacking modules, take a look | If you are interested in writing or hacking modules, take a look | ||
at the [http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/webtools/mozbot/BotModules/devel.txt API | at the [http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/webtools/mozbot/BotModules/devel.txt API documentation]. | ||
documentation]. | |||
The easiest way to write a new module is to take an existing one | The easiest way to write a new module is to take an existing one | ||
that does something similar to what you want to do, save it with a | that does something similar to what you want to do, save it with a | ||
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the coding style similar throughout mozbot's source. | the coding style similar throughout mozbot's source. | ||
If you want to browse the source code online before contributing, you can | If you want to browse the source code online before contributing, you can | ||
[http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/webtools/mozbot/ do so using | [http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/webtools/mozbot/ do so using the MXR interface to CVS]. | ||
the MXR interface to CVS]. | |||
==The Team== | ==The Team== | ||
The mozbot team is a poorly defined group of people. The current module | The mozbot team is a poorly defined group of people. The current module | ||
Revision as of 21:29, 25 March 2014
So you want to help us hack mozbot? Excellent!
Getting Started
First, you will want to get [download.html#cvs1 the
latest mozbot source from CVS].
The easiest way to get into mozbot hacking is to fix a bug.
(It is a lot easier to start by poking around in code that already
works rather than trying to write new code from scratch.)
If you want some other ideas of something to implement, look for
XXX comments in the source.
Modules
If you are interested in writing or hacking modules, take a look at the API documentation. The easiest way to write a new module is to take an existing one that does something similar to what you want to do, save it with a new name, and start ripping code out. That will also help to keep the coding style similar throughout mozbot's source. If you want to browse the source code online before contributing, you can do so using the MXR interface to CVS.
The Team
The mozbot team is a poorly defined group of people. The current module owner is Wolf. The other people involved with mozbot at the moment include:Cww, Jake, justdave, kerz, kiko, timeless, tmyoung, and zach. Some of usare also Bugzilla hackers. Mozbot development occurs primarily in <a href="irc://irc.mozilla.org/%23mozwebtools #mozwebtools], and testing occurs primarily in <a href="irc://irc.mozilla.org/%23mozbot #mozbot].
Review
Before any patch may be checked into the mozbot source, it must
be reviewed by Wolf. To get a patch
reviewed, you attach the patch to the relevant Bugzilla bug (if
none yet exists for the issue in question, please [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?alias=&assigned_to=nobody%40mozilla.org&blocked=&bug_file_loc=http%3A%2F%2F&bug_severity=normal&bug_status=NEW&comment=&component=Mozbot&contenttypeentry=&contenttypemethod=autodetect&contenttypeselection=text%2Fplain&data=&dependson=&description=&flag_type-4=X&form_name=enter_bug&keywords=&maketemplate=Remember%20values%20as%20bookmarkable%20template&op_sys=All&priority=--&product=Webtools&qa_contact=mozbot%40webtools.bugs&rep_platform=All&short_desc=&target_milestone=---&version=Trunk file
one]), and add the review flag to your attachment. If you have any
questions, feel free to ask.