On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Marc Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Sriram, > > Thanks! I was looking at GNOME Music source code a bit last night since it > was the only one listed as developed in python. I will definitely reach out > to Allan about GNOME Chat. I have a fair bit of experience with js as well > with all the web development I do for work, so I could definitely contribute > on that front. >
That's awesome! Feel free to contact me if you run into any issues. sri > > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi Marc! Welcome aboard! Have you considered GNOME Music? It is >> written in Python. You can mail Allan Day to see where GNOME Chat is, >> and say you would like to help. In general, we've been focusing on >> javascript for the core apps, but hey we'll take what we can get! :) >> >> sri >> >> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Marc Thomas <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hey everyone! >> > >> > I've been itching to start contributing to Gnome for about a year now >> > but >> > had to many other projects/commitments to finish up first. Well those >> > commitments are now in the support phase and without some new project to >> > spend my time on I might just go crazy! >> > >> > My background: >> > Most of my development experience is in Python and web development. I >> > love >> > working on both native and web based applications. I have some >> > background >> > working with GTK+ and Glade, though I've spent more time recently >> > working >> > with PyQt due to cross platform requirements. By day I work as a web >> > developer at a local college and by night I hack on various projects for >> > various communities. I am the organizer of the Northfield Linux User >> > group >> > (www.norlug.org) and the Technical Commanding Officer in the Hellbound >> > Soldiers gaming community. Basically I handle most all of their software >> > development, automation, and general administrative stuff. I exclusively >> > run >> > Linux on all my computers, both personal (Arch) and work (Ubuntu GNOME), >> > and >> > a local advocate for Linux and indirectly GNOME. >> > >> > I've been researching various Core Apps that I'd like to get involved >> > in. >> > The one that jumped out at me at first was Gnome Chat (not empathy). >> > Unfortunately it doesn't look like it's made it out of the design phase >> > yet >> > (https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Chat). My first question is whether >> > or >> > not this project is going to need developers in the near future? >> > >> > If Gnome Chat is not an active project yet, then my second thought was >> > basically to go wherever the most need is. I haven't used C much since >> > college, but as we all know, it's pretty easy to pick up/refresh a >> > language >> > when needed. >> > >> > You will find links below to my various online identities including my >> > personal website and my Github account. >> > >> > Thanks for making GNOME awesome, and I look forward to contributing to >> > it's >> > awesomeness! >> > >> > -- >> > Website : Google+ : Twitter : GitHub >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gnome-love mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-love >> > > > > > > -- > Website : Google+ : Twitter : GitHub _______________________________________________ gnome-love mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-love
