Contribute to Drupal
A how-to guide
https://www.drupal.org/getting-involved
Drupal.org user
Create a user at
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Install Dreditor
Chrome plugin (greasemonkey user script) to interact with drupal.org
You can download it from
https://dreditor.org/
Search for an issue
Quick search to start with, only those that you feel comfortable to work with.
Filter issues
- Status: Active, Needs work, Needs review
- Priority: Major or above
- Category: Bug report, Task
- Version: 7.x, 8.x
- Component: Easier to work in no common components like fields API, entity API, database, etc.
- Issue tags: Everything is categorized, even the workflow, using tags.
Filter issues: Tags
Any tag you need probably is already created.
https://www.drupal.org/issue-tags
- Novice
- Needs manual testing/ Needs tests
- Frontend
- Javascript
- Quick fix
Commenting
- All the workflow is based on comments.
- Do not be afraid of commenting.
- Link issue if another one duplicates it.
- The comments can be to add patches, QA results, suggestions, etc.
Commenting: Tags
- Needs steps to reproduce
- Needs work
- Any tag indicating the workflow to follow: steps to follow, indications to the reporter, etc.
Reporting
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Check there is no other issues already opened.
- Detailed description of the issue.
- Repeatability / Steps to reproduce the problem.
- Expected results / Actual results.
- Add attachments if relates (screenshots, etc.)
- Tag the issue accordingly, so the community will find it easily.
Reporting
Problem/Motivation
The Simpletest module requires...
Proposed resolution
Disable the ability to enable Simpletest if Curl is not available.
Remaining tasks
Create follow up documentation...
User interface changes
This is a user interface change. Information about this should also go into...
API changes
None.
Sources
https://www.drupal.org/getting-involved
https://www.drupal.org/novice
https://www.drupal.org/issue-tags/special
https://www.drupal.org/issue-queue/how-to
https://www.drupal.org/node/1155816 (issue template)
https://dreditor.org/
Questions
Gorka Guridi
Drupal Architect, Cameron & Wilding Ltd.
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