Contributing

Contributions are welcome, and they are greatly appreciated! Every little bit helps, and credit will always be given.

You can contribute in many ways.

The issue tracker for the Django Mantis OpenIOC Importer

The further development of the Mantis OpenIOC importer will occur within the further development of the Django Mantis Cyber-Threat Intelligence Management Framework. So, please use https://github.com/siemens/django-mantis/issues as issue tracker for bugs, feature requests and other feedback regarding django-mantis-openioc-importer.

Types of Contributions

Report Bugs

Report bugs at https://github.com/siemens/django-mantis/issues.

If you are reporting a bug, please include:

  • Your operating system name and version.
  • Any details about your local setup that might be helpful in troubleshooting.
  • Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.

Fix Bugs

Look through the GitHub issues (https://github.com/siemens/django-mantis/issues) for bugs. Anything tagged with “bug” is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Implement Features

Look through the GitHub issues (https://github.com/siemens/django-mantis/issues) for features. Anything tagged with “feature” is open to whoever wants to implement it.

Write Documentation

Mantis OpenIOC Importer could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official Mantis OpenIOC Importer docs, in docstrings, or even on the web in blog posts, articles, and such.

Submit Feedback

The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at https://github.com/siemens/django-mantis/issues.

If you are proposing a feature:

  • Explain in detail how it would work.
  • Keep the scope as narrow as possible, to make it easier to implement.
  • Remember that this is a volunteer-driven project, and that contributions are welcome :)

Get Started!

Ready to contribute? Here’s how to set up django-mantis-openioc-importer for local development.

  1. Fork the django-mantis-openioc-importer repo on GitHub.

  2. Clone your fork locally:

    $ git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/django-mantis-openioc-importer.git
  3. Install your local copy into a virtualenv. Assuming you have virtualenvwrapper installed, this is how you set up your fork for local development:

    $ mkvirtualenv django-mantis-openioc-importer
    $ cd django-mantis-openioc-importer/
    $ python setup.py develop
  4. Create a branch for local development:

    $ git checkout -b name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature

Now you can make your changes locally.

  1. Commit your changes and push your branch to GitHub:

    $ git add .
    $ git commit -m "Your detailed description of your changes."
    $ git push origin name-of-your-bugfix-or-feature
  2. Submit a pull request through the GitHub website.

Pull Request Guidelines

Before you submit a pull request, check that it meets these guidelines:

  1. The pull request should include tests.
  2. If the pull request adds functionality, the docs should be updated. Put your new functionality into a function with a docstring, and add the feature to the list in README.rst.
  3. The pull request should work for Python 2.7.