On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 at 21:01:17 UTC, Chris wrote:
Wouldn't it make sense to have "Getting involved" on the start
page of dlang.org? Most OSS projects feature something like
this on their homepages. In this way, if somebody feels like
contributing to D, they get the how-to info straight away
(preferably not on Wiki, but on dlang.org).
There is a lot of low hanging fruit, stuff that doesn't even
require coding. We should make it as easy as possible for
people to get started contributing (cf. [1]). Thus, it would
make sense to structure a "Getting involved" page along these
lines:
1. code (Phobos, dmd etc.)
2. enhancing the documentation
3. enhancing/extending the homepage
When I started with my first humble contributions, I could only
make it happen, because I got tips here on the forum (and per
email). But people should be able to dive right into it, after
reading "Getting involved"
Any thoughts?
[1] http://forum.dlang.org/thread/[email protected]
The wiki page is pretty good right now. A link to it from the
home page titled "Getting Involved" would do the trick. I don't
think it's a good idea to put anything more than necessary on
dlang.org, because it takes an act of Congress to get it changed.
