PSU CS 410/510 OSS
Open Source Software Development
Summer 2008 (23 June -- 13 August)
MW 0915-1135 (morning section, 410 CRN, 510 CRN )
MW 1415-1635 (afternoon section, 410 CRN, 510 CRN)
Lab: FAB 81-03 (CS Lab)
Welcome. This Wiki is dedicated to our project course in open source software development for the UNIX environment.
If you are a student, please begin by registering on this Wiki, using the passcode given to you in class. A Wiki is a collaborative web site: once you're registered, you can (and should) help maintain these pages, and use the site as a work area.
The course email list (for registered users only) is at mailto:ossclass@svcs.cs.pdx.edu . On the rare occasion that someone is hanging on IRC, they'll be at irc://irc.cat.pdx.edu:6667/oss .
Much information is available at the pages of the 2007 offering of this course.
Contact Info
- mailto:bart@cs.pdx.edu -- Bart Massey, your instructor.
- mailto:support@cat.pdx.edu -- For help with systems and software
- mailto:ossclass@svcs.cs.pdx.edu -- Course e-mail list
- irc://irc.cat.pdx.edu/ossclass -- Course IRC channel
News
- bart, 06 Aug 2008: presentations next week!
- bart, 08 Jul 2008: most projects are created and started
- bart, 23 Jun 2007: wiki up
User and Project Pages
Every developer/team should put a link in the course projects area. The pages of individual users also often have links to project pages. Instructions are available for [[creating project pages|creating]] given that the CAT has set things up properly.
Please pick a day and time for your final presentation.
Web Resources
- http://oss.cs.pdx.edu -- PSU OSS projects.
- http://www.cat.pdx.edu -- The PSU Computer Action Team.
- /. article -- OSS HOWTO (is this the original source?)
Schedule
| W | Date | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 June | Introduction |
| 1 | 25 June | Projects |
| 2 | 30 June | Source Code Management; GIT |
| 2 | 2 July | Legal/Ethical |
| 3 | 7 July | Makefiles |
| 3 | 9 July | Scripting; Tools |
| 4 | 14 July | Debugging |
| 4 | 16 July | Autotools |
| 5 | 21 July | TBA |
| 5 | 23 July | OSCON "Field Trip" |
| 6 | 28 July | Bart absent for Microsoft Faculty Summit Guest talk by Sarah Sharp |
| 6 | 30 July | TBA |
| 7 | 4 Aug | Class cancelled—Computer Go Tournament |
| 7 | 6 Aug | Business and Jobs |
| 8 | 11 Aug | Project Presentations |
| 8 | 13 Aug | Project Presentations |
There is also an e-mail discussion list associated with this website that you may be interested in.