Simplify Locale Configuration

Background

The method used by Mifos to provide locale-specific content is difficult to maintain and not customizable per-user. We seek to simplify the Mifos code by improving the locale configuration and runtime localization code.

Status - Available

Contact

Please email the mifos-developer list if you are interested in helping on this project.

Mentor

Adam Monsen

Current Volunteer(s)

N/A

Time Estimate

40+ hours

Prerequisite experience

Java, J2EE, SQL (especially MySQL).

Details

• come up with a rough plan to incrementally fix MIFOS-2018 and allow per-user locales
• if possible, consider following the locale-sensing pattern implemented in the Cheetah spike (see cheetah/trunk in source control)

Steps

• Read the Developer Kick Start page for information on contributing and getting set up. Follow the steps under
  • Introduce yourself to the community - Mailing Lists
  • Fill out the Contributor Agreement
  • Set up your machine for development:
  • Read how to submit patches

• Start by submitting a couple of small patches which demonstrate your skill and provide incremental steps towards completing this project
• Create small patches against the latest trunk revision. Ideally, submit a small patch after every working session.
• Every patch must be applicable to the trunk.
• "mvn clean install" in the top-level directory of your Mifos working copy must succeed for every patch.
• Post the patch on the mifos-developer mailing list.
• Describe what changes you made and why, following the CommitLogGuide wiki page.
• If the patch requires moving or deleting files or directories, mention this in your post.
• Patches must meet or exceed all requirements on VettingPatches
• If you are blocked, post questions (and an in-work patch, if applicable) to (a) the IRC channel ( http://pastey.net can be used for sharing patches) and/or (b) the mifos-developer mailing list.
• If creating patches turns out to be too cumbersome in the long run, we are happy to provide a branch off the trunk in source control for you to work on.