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/JohannesBuchner/BXA/issues.

If you are reporting a bug, please include:

  • Your operating system name and version.

  • Sherpa or xspec 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

BXA could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official BXA docs, in docstrings, or even on the web in blog posts, articles, tutorials, and such.

Notebooks demonstrating how to use BXA are also appreciated.

Submit Feedback

The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at https://github.com/JohannesBuchner/BXA/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 BXA for local development.

  1. Fork the BXA repo on GitHub.

  2. Clone your fork locally:

    $ git clone git@github.com:JohannesBuchner/BXA.git

  3. Create a branch for local development:

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

    Now you can make your changes locally.

  4. Check that your changes still allow the examples to run:

    $ cd examples/xspec/
$ PYTHONPATH=../../:$PYTHONPATH bash runall.sh

  5. 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

  6. 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 or be covered by an example.

  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 up-to-date Python versions. Check https://travis-ci.org/JohannesBuchner/BXA/pull_requests and make sure that the tests pass for all supported Python versions.

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.