How to contribute

Ask questions

Yes, asking a question is a form of contribution that helps the author to improve documentation.

Feel free to ask questions to the author

Log a bug

Please report issue on the issue tracker that best match your problem. If you don't know please use cme issue tracker.

Here are the dedicated trackers:

• problem with cme command: https://github.com/dod38fr/cme-perl/issues
• problem with cme check|fix|edit openssh: https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model-openssh/issues
• problem with cme check|fix|edit systemd: https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model-systemd/issues
• problem with cme check|fix|edit systemd-user: https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model-systemd/issues
• problem with cme check|fix|edit lcdproc: https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model-lcdproc/issues
• problem with cme check|fix|edit approx: https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model-approx/issues
• problem with cme check|fix|edit dpkg: run reportbug libconfig-model-dpkg-perl
• problem with cme check|fix|edit popcon: https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model/issues
• problem with cme meta edit: https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model-itself/issues
• problem with cme GUI: https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model-tkui/issues

Source code structure

The main parts of this modules are:

• lib/Config/Model/**.pm: the core framework files
• lib/Config/Model/Backend/**.pm: classes used to read and write configuration files
• lib/Config/Model/models/**.pl: the model of the applications delivered with this module. These files can be modified with cme meta edit command. Their structure can be viewed with cme meta gen-dot and dot -Tps model.dot > model.ps
• lib/Config/Model/models/**.pod: the doc of the above models. Can be re-generated with cme gen_class_pod
• t: test files. Run the tests with prove -l t
• t/model_tests.d test the application delivered with this module using Config::Model::Tester. Use prove -l t/model_test.t command to run only model tests.

Edit source code from github

If you have a github account, you can clone a repo and prepare a pull-request.

You can:

• run git clone https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model/
• edit files
• run prove -l t to run non-regression tests

There's no need to worry about dzil, Dist::Zilla or dist.ini files. These are useful to prepare a new release, but not to fix bugs.

Edit source code from Debian source package

You can also prepare a patch using Debian source package:

For instance:

• download and unpack apt-get source libconfig-model-perl
• jump in cd libconfig-model-perl-2.086
• useful to create a patch later: git init
• commit all files: git add -A ; git commit -m"committed all"
• edit files
• run prove -l t to run non-regression tests
• run git diff and send the output to the author

Edit source code from Debian source package or CPAN tarball

Non Debian users can also prepare a patch using CPAN tarball:

• Download tar file from http://search.cpan.org
• unpack tar file with something like tar axvf Config-Model-2.086.tar.gz
• jump in cd Config-Model-2.086
• useful to create a patch later: git init
• commit all files: git add -A ; git commit -m"committed all"
• edit files
• run prove -l t to run non-regression tests
• run git diff and send the output the author

Provide feedback

Feedback is important. Please take a moment to rate, comment or add stars to this project:

• cme github
• config-model github or config-model cpan ratings