How to get help and contribute

Example usages of Bob

Bob paper packages can serve as good examples of how to use Bob. Search for bob.paper in our Gitlab: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob?filter=bob.paper AND in PyPI: https://pypi.org/search/?q=bob.paper&c=Framework+::+Bob for paper packages. Please note that the older a bob.paper package is, it is more likely that it uses some deprecated practices.

For example, you can look at:

• https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.paper.icml2017 on how to evaluate a new CNN-based face recognition algorithm on face recognition databases. (Note that the evaluate.py command is replaced by bob bio evaluate in recent versions of Bob.)

• https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.paper.btas2018_siliconemask/tree/master/bob/paper/btas2018_siliconemask/database and https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.db.oulunpu/ for good examples of how to create new database interfaces for the bob.bio and bob.pad frameworks.

How to get help

There are several ways to get help if you are facing a problem.

First, you should search for possible existing answers in:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/python-bob

• https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/discuss

• https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/wiki

or you may just want to search on the Internet for possible answers.

Second, feel free to ask us. We encourage you to do so. The preferred way of asking is by using public channels. Here is a list of places that you can ask questions:

• Ask on https://stackoverflow.com and tag your questions with python-bob. This is the preferred way.

• Ask on our mailing list: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/discuss

How to contribute

Bob is open source and we welcome contributions. If you find a bug, please let use know through our mailing list: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/discuss. If you want to contribute, please also get in touch with us through our mailing list first. We maintain a mirror of Bob packages on https://github.com/bioidiap/ which should allow you to open pull requests on Bob packages.