<div dir="ltr"><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Hello Marc</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>Vaishak Prashanth a écrit :
>> Hello Mark.</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>> </pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>>>> Vaishak Prashanth a écrit :</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>>>> Hello everyone !</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>>>><br>
>>>> I'm Vaishak, and I've recently started off in the open source community.</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>>>> You can check out a couple of my projects at github/vaishakp9</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>>>> They're not much, but they're open source nevertheless.</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>>>v
>>>> I've been an avid user of phpmyadmin for over a year now. I want to start</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>>>> helping the community buy fixing bugs.</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>>>><br>
>>>> I've got a working knowledge of PHP, HTML, C, C++ and some JavaScript.</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>>>><br>
>>>> Could you please recommend a fairly easy bug for me to work on ?</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>> </pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>>> Hi Vaishak,</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>> Is this intended to show us your skills for Google Summer of >Code?
> 
>>>> And where do I start looking to fix said bug on the admittedly huge</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>>>> codebase ?</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>>>></pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>>>> Thanks a lot !</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>>>><br>
>>>> Cheers</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>>>> Vaishak P</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>> </pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>> </pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>> </pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>>> --</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>> Marc Delisle (phpMyAdmin)
>> </pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>> </pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>> Yes. This is intended to show my skills for Google Summer Of Code. But not</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>> only for that. I wasn't very aware of open source projects ... I kept using</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>> phpmyadmin ...</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>> </pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>> And then I heard about GSoC and attended a seminar, which is where I</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>> realized I could actually contribute.</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>> </pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>> So. Yes. This would be for Google Summer of Code, but irrespective of
>> whether I get it or not... I want to contribute to phpmyadmin in a major
>> way.
>> 
>> Regards,</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>> Vaishak</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>Hi,
>well, fixing "a fairly easy bug" is probably not the best way to show 
>your skills to the mentoring team. Please have a look at the bug tracker 
>and/or the feature requests tracker, pick something that is unassigned 
>and mention in the ticket that you are working on it.

>I suggest to pick some recent bug tickets or feature requests, as older 
>ones may be out of date or more tricky to solve.</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">>-- 
>Marc Delisle (phpMyAdmin)</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">I've decided to work on this : <a href="http://sourceforge.net/p/phpmyadmin/feature-requests/1619/">http://sourceforge.net/p/phpmyadmin/feature-requests/1619/</a><br></pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">I'll start immediately. 

Any ideas as to where I can start looking in the codebase ?</pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Regards, <br></pre><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:15px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(229,229,229);outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;overflow:auto;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:18px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Vaishak</pre></div>