Thanks for your interest in contributing to GNOME! I only have time right now for a brief reply, but "developing without messing up current installation" is the whole point of GNOME's jhbuild tool.
Here's a short tutorial on how to get started using it. https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeLove/BuildGnome Please don't hesitate to ask for help if you come across any issues. -Hashem On 11/04/2013 11:27 AM, Luiz Poleto wrote: > Hello all, > > I am trying to get started contributing with Gnome. First thing I wanna > do is set up a development environment where I can play around without > worrying about messing up with my current Gnome installation. > > So, I thought about having it installed in VirtualBox. Is it > recommended? Are there any side effects on this approach? > If the above is not the ideal scenario, what would be the best approach? > > Thanks, > Luiz > > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-love mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-love > _______________________________________________ gnome-love mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-love
