• Ankush Bhardwaj (36/36) Jan 01 2020 Hello everyone, I was interested in contributing to the DUB
• rikki cattermole (6/8) Jan 01 2020 Compile what?
• Andre Pany (11/20) Jan 01 2020 In addition to that, there are different ways how you can
• Ankush Bhardwaj (2/13) Jan 04 2020 Thanks. I'll definitely look at some issues on the issue tracker.
• Ron Tarrant (2/5) Jan 04 2020 Does anyone know dub well enough to do this? :)
• Ankush Bhardwaj (5/14) Jan 04 2020 Oops, my bad. For some reason, `build` happened again and again.

Ankush Bhardwaj <ankush.bhardwaj0 gmail.com> writes:

Hello everyone, I was interested in contributing to the DUB 
project. So, I forked the repo, installed DMD and libcurl as 
instructed in the README. I ran build.sh inside the repo. It then 
creates a dub executable inside of bin folder. After that I was 
stuck as there was no documentation on how to make changes or how 
to compile the thing. I then ran ./bin/dub and it started some 
compilation. The linking also worked. After that I see this :

Performing "debug" build using dmd for x86-64.
dub 1.19.0-rc.1+commit.20.g14cc8e5: building configuration 
"application"...
Serializing composite type BuildRequirements which has no 
serializable fields
Serializing composite type BuildOptions which has no serializable 
fields
Linking...
Running ./bin/dub
Performing "debug" build using dmd for x86_64.
dub 1.19.0-rc.1+commit.20.g14cc8e5: target for configuration 
"application" is up to date.
To force a rebuild of up-to-date targets, run again with --force.
Running ./bin/dub
Performing "debug" build using dmd for x86_64.
dub 1.19.0-rc.1+commit.20.g14cc8e5: target for configuration 
"application" is up to date.
To force a rebuild of up-to-date targets, run again with --force.
Running ./bin/dub
Performing "debug" build using dmd for x86_64.
dub 1.19.0-rc.1+commit.20.g14cc8e5: target for configuration 
"application" is up to date.
To force a rebuild of up-to-date targets, run again with --force.
...

I am now stuck here not knowing what should I do next or how 
should I compile.
I'm using WSL (Windows subsystem for linux)
I believe this is a beginner's issue so please help me out here.
Thanks.

rikki cattermole <rikki cattermole.co.nz> writes:

On 01/01/2020 9:11 PM, Ankush Bhardwaj wrote:
 I am now stuck here not knowing what should I do next or how should I 
 compile.

Compile what?
You successfully compiled and ran your dub build.

Please note the default action is to run, so using `dub` by itself is 
equivalent to `dub run`. Hence the recursive executions.

Use `dub build` if all you want to do is build.

Andre Pany <andre s-e-a-p.de> writes:

On Wednesday, 1 January 2020 at 08:37:43 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:
 On 01/01/2020 9:11 PM, Ankush Bhardwaj wrote:
 I am now stuck here not knowing what should I do next or how 
 should I compile.

 Compile what?
 You successfully compiled and ran your dub build.

 Please note the default action is to run, so using `dub` by 
 itself is equivalent to `dub run`. Hence the recursive 
 executions.

 Use `dub build` if all you want to do is build.

In addition to that, there are different ways how you can 
contribute to Dub:

- enhancing the dub help on code.dlang.org
- finding duplicate/already solved issues on the github issue 
tracker

Especially the issues list is a good starting point for new 
contributors to get some ideas how to contribute.

Kind regards
Andre

Ankush Bhardwaj <ankush.bhardwaj0 gmail.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 1 January 2020 at 13:19:20 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:
 On Wednesday, 1 January 2020 at 08:37:43 UTC, rikki cattermole 
 wrote:

 In addition to that, there are different ways how you can 
 contribute to Dub:

 - enhancing the dub help on code.dlang.org
 - finding duplicate/already solved issues on the github issue 
 tracker

 Especially the issues list is a good starting point for new 
 contributors to get some ideas how to contribute.

 Kind regards
 Andre

Thanks. I'll definitely look at some issues on the issue tracker.

Ron Tarrant <rontarrant gmail.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 1 January 2020 at 13:19:20 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:

 In addition to that, there are different ways how you can 
 contribute to Dub:

 - enhancing the dub help on code.dlang.org

Does anyone know dub well enough to do this? :)

Ankush Bhardwaj <ankush.bhardwaj0 gmail.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 1 January 2020 at 08:37:43 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:
 On 01/01/2020 9:11 PM, Ankush Bhardwaj wrote:
 I am now stuck here not knowing what should I do next or how 
 should I compile.

 Compile what?
 You successfully compiled and ran your dub build.

 Please note the default action is to run, so using `dub` by 
 itself is equivalent to `dub run`. Hence the recursive 
 executions.

 Use `dub build` if all you want to do is build.

Oops, my bad. For some reason, `build` happened again and again. 
It didn't stop after building once. Anyways `dub build` worked. 
Thanks :D