Open source project to contribute

prat7434 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Open source project to contribute by choroba (Cardinal) on Feb 11, 2015 at 08:29 UTC
You can still join the 2015 Pull Request Challenge: Take the 2015 CPAN Pull Request Challenge More details on the CPAN Pull Request Challenge CPAN Pull Request Challenge - resources available! 2015 CPAN Pull Request Challenge لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply]
Re: Open source project to contribute by davido (Cardinal) on Feb 11, 2015 at 07:07 UTC
You could start by submitting patches or pull requests for bugs/issues outstanding on a CPAN module that interests you. Dave	[reply]
Re^2: Open source project to contribute by prat7434 (Acolyte) on Feb 11, 2015 at 07:22 UTC
Thanks Dev! Is there any link for that? Where can I find information of such bugs and patches?	[reply]
Re^3: Open source project to contribute by atcroft (Abbot) on Feb 11, 2015 at 08:05 UTC
On the metaCPAN site, lookup the module. A link labelled "Issues" appears on the left. On search.cpan.org, look up the module, and there will be a link labelled "View/Report Bugs" in the distribution page for the module. If the module has a publicly-available repository (such as at GitHub) or website, then you may find an issue tracker, forum, or wiki with information about encountered bugs or proposed features. Hope that helps.	[reply]
Re: Open source project to contribute by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Feb 11, 2015 at 10:32 UTC
It will work out best if you can find a genuine passion, interest, work-related problem, or itch to scratch, and choose a project that is important and interesting to you. The (now inactive) Perl Phalanx project showed that without a genuine reason to work on a project, folks tend to lose interest after a while and stop contributing. If your goal is just to improve your Perl by practice, see Re: Real Life Perl Exercises, a comprehensive list by planetscape.	[reply]
Re: Open source project to contribute by marto (Cardinal) on Feb 11, 2015 at 10:03 UTC
There are plenty of ways to contribute. In CPAN Day - 16th of August I touch on the scope of open tickets for modules, you could always join the 2015 CPAN Pull Request Challenge. Of course there are other ways to contribute, documentaiton improvements etc.	[reply]
Re: Open source project to contribute by GrandFather (Saint) on Feb 11, 2015 at 20:17 UTC
Many of the issues presented here are "real life". See where you can provide help your fellow monks by following up both new and old questions. A bonus of this is that you will get some peer review of your work which will help you improve too. Perl is the programming world's equivalent of English	[reply]