Re: [Gimp-developer] Getting contributors via OpenHatch
Are you saying you think that's well-publicised? Are you saying you think keen people who can program will generally be able to follow this, because it's a simple cook-book recipe to build from git? -Original Message- From: Ofnuts Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 9:40 PM To: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] Getting contributors via OpenHatch On 29/05/14 22:27, Ed . wrote: There aren't any formal barriers to contributing to GIMP. There are definitely some formidable (ha!) barriers in the practical sense. Until we provide a clear step-by-step guide (on say Debian) to getting GIMP compiled from git, only the most highly-motivated and already-knowledgeable people will be *able* to contribute. http://wiki.gimp.org/index.php/Hacking:Building No? ___ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address:gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list ___ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address:gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
Re: [Gimp-developer] Getting contributors via OpenHatch
Here's some probably too long/too detailed instructions for building GIMP from git: http://ninedegreesbelow.com/photography/build-gimp-in-prefix.html If the article might be useful with modifications, I can release the text under whatever license is appropriate. Calligra/Krita has very detailed build instructions that might make a good general guide for writing a how-to for building BABL/GEGL/GIMP: http://community.kde.org/Calligra/Building Elle ___ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address:gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
Re: [Gimp-developer] Getting contributors via OpenHatch
El dom, 01-06-2014 a las 21:49 +0200, Ofnuts escribió: If you include in it the page from LightningIsMyName that it links to, definitely... Call me cynical, but someone that needs really more detailed instructions will likely not have the programming background to be a useful Gimp developer. Of course I expect potential Gimp contributors to be somewhat already-knowledgeable, at least in the basics of Linux application development. Lines have to be drawn somewhere... +1 I'm not a coder, just a user and I could manage to build GIMP from git without too much hassle. Some things may be not exactly obvious, but I want to believe that somebody who intends to contribute in a software project will be at least equiped to compile the thing from sources. If that's supposed to be an entry barrier, I think it's a good one. Gez ___ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address:gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
Re: [Gimp-developer] Getting contributors via OpenHatch
On 02/06/14 00:41, Gez wrote: El dom, 01-06-2014 a las 21:49 +0200, Ofnuts escribió: If you include in it the page from LightningIsMyName that it links to, definitely... Call me cynical, but someone that needs really more detailed instructions will likely not have the programming background to be a useful Gimp developer. Of course I expect potential Gimp contributors to be somewhat already-knowledgeable, at least in the basics of Linux application development. Lines have to be drawn somewhere... +1 I'm not a coder, just a user and I could manage to build GIMP from git without too much hassle. Some things may be not exactly obvious, but I want to believe that somebody who intends to contribute in a software project will be at least equiped to compile the thing from sources. If that's supposed to be an entry barrier, I think it's a good one. Gez I don't think it's an explicitly laid down barrier. But after all the maintenance manual of my bike assumes that you know how to operate a torque wrench and what SAE 20W50 means. If you don't you better keep your hands off the engine :) ___ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address:gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
Re: [Gimp-developer] Getting contributors via OpenHatch
On 1.6.2014 at 9:49 PM Ofnuts wrote: If you include in it the page from LightningIsMyName that it links to, definitely... Call me cynical, but someone that needs really more detailed instructions will likely not have the programming background to be a useful Gimp developer. Of course I expect potential Gimp contributors to be somewhat already-knowledgeable, at least in the basics of Linux application development. I would not reduce it to only Linux development: We have a big lack of Windows developers or they have not enough time, so Windows developers are very welcome, too. And: contributions are not only coding. For example user support, bug reporting and triaging, documentation, translation, contributing high-quality assets, test and constructive user feedback/domain guidance, website maintenance are also contributions and they don't need knowledge of Linux application development. Kind regards, Sven ___ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address:gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
