(Originally, I sent this message to CBI mailing list. That was incorrect. I am resending to the JDT Core list. If you are subscribed to both lists you may see [nearly] the same message twice. <blush>)
Hello,
I
am a new hacker on Eclipse source code. I am interested to use the
ASTParser et al to do some Java source analysis. As a starting point, I
built the Eclipse source from Git HEAD. I had some troubles initially,
but I was able to resolve all build issues. Kudos to Lars' blog posts
and the general Eclipse wiki pages. All were quite helpful!
>>> Question #1
Regarding Javadocs, what is the right way to submit a javadoc-only patch?
Here are my assumptions, please correct or amend as necessary.
1) Update Javadocs on HEAD in my own local Git repo.
2) Create patch via git format-patch
3) Create bug in Bugzilla with severity=enhancement
Ideally,
I should compile the code and run tests before submitting my patch. I
want to be sure the behavior of the code is unchanged -- no "fat
fingers"/typos.
>>> Question #2
Finally, for
module eclipse.jdt.core, I see a "rewrite" package under
org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom. Should this worry me? (I don't want my
Javadoc patches to be aimed at the wrong area.)
With regards,
Kevin Arpe
Hongkong