Contributing to PyWPS
=====================
The PyWPS project openly welcomes contributions (bug reports, bug fixes, code
enhancements/features, etc.). This document will outline some guidelines on
contributing to PyWPS. As well, the PyWPS `community `_ is a
great place to get an idea of how to connect and participate in the PyWPS community
and development.
PyWPS has the following modes of contribution:
- GitHub Commit Access
- GitHub Pull Requests
Code of Conduct
---------------
Contributors to this project are expected to act respectfully towards others in
accordance with the `OSGeo Code of Conduct
`_.
Contributions and Licensing
---------------------------
Contributors are asked to confirm that they comply with the project `license
`_ guidelines.
GitHub Commit Access
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- proposals to provide developers with GitHub commit access shall be emailed to
the pywps-devel `mailing list`_. Proposals shall be approved by the PyWPS
development team. Committers shall be added by the project admin
- removal of commit access shall be handled in the same manner
- each committer must send an email to the PyWPS mailing list agreeing to the license guidelines (see
`Contributions and Licensing Agreement Template
<#contributions-and-licensing-agreement-template>`_). **This is only required once**
- each committer shall be listed in https://github.com/geopython/pywps/blob/master/COMMITTERS.txt
GitHub Pull Requests
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- pull requests can provide agreement to license guidelines as text in the pull
request or via email to the PyWPS `mailing list`_ (see `Contributions and
Licensing Agreement Template
<#contributions-and-licensing-agreement-template>`_). **This is only required
for a contributor's first pull request. Subsequent pull requests do not
require this step**
- pull requests may include copyright in the source code header by the
contributor if the contribution is significant or the contributor wants to
claim copyright on their contribution
- all contributors shall be listed at
https://github.com/geopython/pywps/graphs/contributors
- unclaimed copyright, by default, is assigned to the main copyright holders as
specified in https://github.com/geopython/pywps/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
- make sure, the tests are passing on [travis-ci](https://travis-ci.org/geopython/pywps) sevice, as well as on your local machine `tox`::
tox
Contributions and Licensing Agreement Template
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
``Hi all, I'd like to contribute to
PyWPS. I confirm that my contributions to PyWPS will be compatible with the
PyWPS license guidelines at the time of contribution.``
GitHub
------
Code, tests, documentation, wiki and issue tracking are all managed on GitHub.
Make sure you have a `GitHub account `_.
Code Overview
-------------
- the PyWPS `wiki `_
documents an overview of the codebase [TODO]
Documentation
-------------
- documentation is managed in ``docs/``, in reStructuredText format
- `Sphinx`_ is used to generate the documentation
- See the `reStructuredText Primer `_ on rST
markup and syntax
Bugs
----
The PyWPS `issue tracker `_ is the
place to report bugs or request enhancements. To submit a bug be sure to specify
the PyWPS version you are using, the appropriate component, a description of how
to reproduce the bug, as well as the Python version and the platform.
Forking PyWPS
-------------
Contributions are most easily managed via GitHub pull requests. `Fork
`_ PyWPS into your own GitHub
repository to be able to commit your work and submit pull requests.
Development
-----------
GitHub Commit Guidelines
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- enhancements and bug fixes should be identified with a GitHub issue
- commits should be granular enough for other developers to understand the
nature / implications of the change(s)
- for trivial commits that do not need `Travis CI
`_ to run, include ``[ci skip]`` as
part of the commit message
- non-trivial Git commits shall be associated with a GitHub issue. As
documentation can always be improved, tickets need not be opened for improving
the docs
- Git commits shall include a description of changes
- Git commits shall include the GitHub issue number (i.e. ``#1234``) in the Git
commit log message
- all enhancements or bug fixes must successfully pass all
`OGC CITE `_ tests before they are committed
- all enhancements or bug fixes must successfully pass all tests
before they are committed
- enhancements which can be demonstrated from the PyWPS tests should be
accompanied by example WPS request XML or KVP
Coding Guidelines
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- PyWPS instead of pywps, pyWPS, Pywps, PYWPS
- always code with `PEP 8`_ conventions
- always run source code through ``flake8``
- for exceptions which make their way to OGC ``ows:ExceptionReport`` XML, always
specify the appropriate ``locator`` and ``code`` parameters
Submitting a Pull Request
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This section will guide you through steps of working on PyWPS. This section
assumes you have forked PyWPS into your own GitHub repository. Note that
``master`` is the main development branch in PyWPS.
for stable releases and managed exclusively by the PyWPS team.
.. code-block:: bash
# setup a virtualenv
virtualenv mypywps && cd mypywps
. ./bin/activate
# clone the repository locally
git clone [email protected]:USERNAME/pywps.git
cd pywps
pip install -e . && pip install -r requirements.txt
# add the main PyWPS development branch to keep up to date with upstream changes
git remote add upstream https://github.com/geopython/pywps.git
git pull upstream master
# create a local branch off master
# The name of the branch should include the issue number if it exists
git branch issue-72
git checkout issue-72
# make code/doc changes
git commit -am 'fix xyz (#72)'
git push origin issue-72
Your changes are now visible on your PyWPS repository on GitHub. You are now
ready to create a pull request. A member of the PyWPS team will review the pull
request and provide feedback / suggestions if required. If changes are
required, make them against the same branch and push as per above (all changes
to the branch in the pull request apply).
The pull request will then be merged by the PyWPS team. You can then delete
your local branch (on GitHub), and then update
your own repository to ensure your PyWPS repository is up to date with PyWPS
master:
.. code-block:: bash
git checkout master
git pull upstream master
Release Packaging
-----------------
Release packaging notes are maintained at https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ReleasePackaging
.. _`Corporate`: http://www.osgeo.org/sites/osgeo.org/files/Page/corporate_contributor.txt
.. _`Individual`: http://www.osgeo.org/sites/osgeo.org/files/Page/individual_contributor.txt
.. _`[email protected]`: mailto:[email protected]
.. _`OSGeo`: http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/legal/licenses.html
.. _`PEP 8`: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/
.. _`flake8`: https://flake8.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
.. _`Sphinx`: http://sphinx-doc.org/
.. _`mailing list`: https://pywps.org/community