> > > Something that's been on my mind for some time is the fact that we're > > not really welcoming to beginners. Maybe I'm using a straw-man here, > > but the problem I see is that they have to figure out everything by > > themselves. When you don't know anything about either bazaar, > > launchpad, android, java or even the way open source works, this can > > be quite an ordeal. > > > > In order to ease this pain, we could put up a "Tomdroid bootstrapping" > > guide, ie how to get the android sdk and eclipse installed, how to > > clone and publish changes with bazaar, etc. This information is > > already available somewhere on the net, but it would be much easier if > > this info was centralized on a page in the wiki, even if it's just a > > collection of links. > > I think this is a great idea. The best projects always have an > easy-to-follow getting started guide like this. > > True. There is a bad attempt at this in doc/user/README and doc/dev/README but just the fact that it is buried in the repo, it has no .txt extension and it has Unix line-terminators tells a lot about the chances of someone with no experience reaching there..
Plus, I have given the basic instructions for bzr so many times that I'm quite amazed I haven't bulit a little guide yet.. if not by good intentions, at least out of lazyness to reply ;) Let's try to start with a FAQ entry in launchpad. -- Olivier Bilodeau <[email protected]>
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