This is a really cool project you guys are undertaking. I'll be sure to show up. I would love to get involved. As long as I'm here, does anyone have any links I could read up on to get up to speed on Mozilla hacking?
System Administrator wrote: > > Your message > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Mozilla Bug Week - October 27th to November 4th > Sent: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 20:22:06 -0500 > > did not reach the following recipient(s): > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 22 Oct 2001 22:49:27 -0500 > The recipient name is not recognized > The MTS-ID of the original message is: c=US;a= ;p=Texas > Computers;l=WEB10110230349RSDD93F3 > MSEXCH:IMS:Texas Computers:TCDW:WEB1 0 (000C05A6) Unknown Recipient > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Mozilla Bug Week - October 27th to November 4th > Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 20:22:06 -0500 > From: Gervase Markham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Mozilla Bug Week > ---------------- > > Do you run Mozilla? Is there something about Mozilla that bugs you? Do > you have an itch you want to scratch? > > Bug Week > -------- > From Saturday October 27th to Sunday November 4th, mozilla.org will be > running a "Bug Week". Experienced Mozilla hackers will be available to > help anyone who wants to get involved with the Mozilla code. Engineers > from companies using Mozilla or Mozilla technologies, interested > onlookers, and those who are involved with the project, but have never > hacked on the code, are all welcome to come along and get their feet wet. > > You'll be shown round our world-class web-based tools (Bugzilla, Bonsai, > Tinderbox, LXR), and led through all the steps between discovering a > problem and having your patch checked in to the Mozilla source tree. > After checkin, those fixes and features will be appreciated by an > audience of millions in Mozilla derivative products. > > Not Just For Hardcore Hackers > ----------------------------- > Mozilla's user interface is written in web technlogies - defined in XUL > (XML-based User-interface Language), animated with JavaScript and styled > with Cascading Style Sheets. This means it can be understood, and hacked > on, by anyone who understands HTML/XML, JS and Style Sheets. mozilla.org > has recently developed technology to allow fixes to be made to Mozilla's > UI without the need to compile Mozilla - all you need is a > self-installing nightly build. This widens the field of potential > contributors to everyone who's ever made a decent web page. > > So, if you have thought about getting involved in a free software > project, but it all seemed to complicated or difficult, here's your chance. > > On the other hand, if you want to check the entire source tree out from > CVS, compile the embedding test harness, and go into deep hack mode on > Mozilla's C++ core, we'll help you do that too. > > Bug Week will be happening on IRC: irc://irc.mozilla.org:6667/#bugweek . > Mozilla's nightly builds even include a chat client, ChatZilla, to make > it even easier to participate. Look for people whose nicks begin with > "BW_". We hope to have people there most of the time, although the help > may be concentrated when the US West Coast or Europe is awake. > > For more information, contact Gervase Markham, > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. If you plan to attend at some point, please > let him know what you are expecting to get out of the week, so he can be > sure it's provided. :-) > > HTML version of this document: > http://www.mozilla.org/events/bug-week/about.html -- Stupidity is the only crime punishable by nature.
