-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Wed, 2016-08-31 at 13:40 -0400, Cory Hilliard wrote: > Thank you for your reply. Some of this information I already knew... > but the question that was asked, "Can you tell me some specific > instances that have made it hard for you?".
Thanks for the reply - all of this helps us understand what potential contributors go through. I'm still thinking of how we can make the technology we use more accessible, but it'll take time since a lot of it is not fedora specific tech. > That was the question I was replying to. The issue is that there are > no simple tools or walk-throughs. Learning all this stuff takes a > lot of time and focus. Time and focus I can't give right now due to > my studies. I consume myself in what I am learning, because, as you > know, teaching institutions do not teach. They are MacDonald's. 5 > Billion served. It processes as many students as it can to make a > profit. You end up with a grade at the end that probably doesn't > reflect any actual learning, but rather how well you can jump through > hoops and provide something that appeases the gods of your school. It's completely understandable - your academics are first priority. We say this to all students that attempt contributions :) > I'm not looking for an easy way out. I just don't know the process > and there aren't very many "You are here" maps to get you though to > where you want to go. By "easy way", I meant more a "short cut" really - a way where you could learn these things in a short amount of time. That, in my experience won't happen - the processes and tools take some time to master. Even now, you'll meet advanced developers that don't know everything about git - they just know where to look. It's a skill you learn from experience. > When I'm done in December, I would be thrilled to make a map like > this. I just need to have the free time to do so. That'll be awesome. Like I said, don't worry about it too much - you have plenty of time, and you don't need to begin with *massive* contributions. Start small - when I'd begun, I'd first packaged fonts - there's very little building and there are templates for everything. That helped me understand the processes since I had to only learn the bare minimum about the tooling. Maybe you could give that a try. Feel free to get in touch offline - I'll be more than happy to help :) - -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXx1iwAAoJEPjYwL66yJi9WrEH/RGmNVloOw/m6VTbKzl6hl/P Lqqm2JzC/UpUe7w90g3whdL0HU/B8phlOSIiiV1XyjwM7zB9FBb36NvGBQmpGsJ5 L8NPd5am0vSmt76Sy+k1DiIEvUyre9JyPWUPWLfr4MyPgAwIH1lWS3pV7umJkqnD H6rexpRSwCNVCOlhYFGMK2N89VZqHrpUEMarZ5p+q+3wfBgvrSbiWX31TSMyimkb jwrowtR0Q+RxQ6LCF/de1v+kwkVJ3/3Tyf7sw/WM+CaJW074F0e6rQzldwGb7iQq ABN9s4xxkZohvYx+jfxueOMu8r+2X60Sluoc4/9Yc/E106qPnj66+1IRNo5qq0M= =1fVJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ fedora-join mailing list [email protected] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/[email protected]
