2011/1/28 Alexia Death <alexiade...@gmail.com> > 2011/1/28 Łukasz Czerwiński <lc277...@students.mimuw.edu.pl>: > > I'd like to write a little bit on some of the topics. > > Q&A > > I think that for a start a Wiki with Q&A edited by everyone could be a > good > > solution. If it gets too complicated, it can be split in sections, pages, > > categories and so on. > Such a wiki has been started. Its hosted by me at > http://gimp-wiki.who.ee and has been devised as unformal developer > space. What it lacks is contributors. Joining easy. A request to me > with desired wiki name and email and that's it. If you want to > maintain the developer FAQ, please step up. >
Oh, that's great that something already exists :) Some time ago I've posted a list of "silly questions" that maybe raised by newbie developers. Why not place it there as a FAQ? > IDE > The wiki pointed out above already contains a howto for netbeans. > Netbeans is the only ide Ive gotten to actually code-complete for me > and allows me to navigate project in the manner I like. And before > netbeans Ive used pretty much anything:P > Maybe Eclipse then? Anyone uses Eclipse to develop GIMP? > > From time to time I can see emails "Hey, I'd like to help you, but don't > > know where to start". Some people will get this knowledge on their own > (or > > will try to get it from IRC channels), but some won't and aren't brave > > enough to spam all developers on a Gimp list with his/her newbie > questions. > People who do this "Hi, im bored, give me something to hack" usually > lack the commitment it takes to get into a large code base like GIMP. > People who stick around and evolve into developers come to us with an > issue or a plan. something they want to fix. And then they read the > code and slowly get good enough. Thats the only way I know, that > works. Have an idea what you want to change and then do it by asking > questions. We like sensible questions. In fact, not asking questions > is IMHO a good reason to flunk a student at GSoC mid-term :P If you > want answers, join IRC. And stay connected long enough to answer. the > last guy who did that(IRC name Acumen) had so bad connection that in > the 10 minutes it took for me to see the question his link had already > dropped and I had nobody to answer. > Well, I don't agree. There are (many!) people that don't know how developing an open-source program looks like and what can work on at start. So they just ask for some guidance. Maybe there should be a section on Wiki "How to become a developer?" or "Your first steps" or similar. And there: an information about IRC channel, this mailing list, how bug tracking works and that one can find some easy bugs and try to patch them. Łukasz Czerwiński
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