On 08/23/2019 08:07 AM, Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
On 08/23/2019 07:03 AM, Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
On 08/22/2019 05:23 PM, Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote:
... We are working
on getting them signed but there we are again with not enough
people around. Needed for macOS soon anyway.
Is there a description of skills and hardware needed to be useful.
I've been a computer _user_ for decades but have very minimal
programming background.
For compiling x64 Linux Windows or macOS at least 8 GB memory and a
fast 4 to 8 core i5 or higher. Mostly javascript, css, xhtml, xul and
xbl and only some c++. Skill whatever you think is useful even if it
is only enhancing the help files or changing the website.
I run only Debian Linux and have not done any programming since days
of 8085 assembler and dBaseII. At the moment proofreading Help system
for errors/omissions would be a starting point. I've never worked in a
volunteer project environment.
Doing patches to enhance help won't probably make you rich and famous
but I usually recoomend this for starter to become familiar with the
whole process.
The sources are in mercurial. The requirements for Tb are mostly
identical to SeaMonkey:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Build_Instructions/Simple_Thunderbird_build
comm-central is broken but for help patches doesn't matter. Can be
easily transplated to the working branches.
Makes life easier too:
https://tortoisehg.bitbucket.io/
That's a reading assignment that should occupy my time while I wait for
64 bit Debian 10 DVDs. [I've a data cap that discourages using netinst.
Should be workable for downloading SeaMonkey source(s) for help system.]
I did a very cursory browse of the 2 references. I suspect my initial
contribution may be more "how to interact with tools" than with
"tweaking user oriented "Help system"". Before retirement I was heavily
into "customer support" and "QA/QC" [different industry, but similar
problems].
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