> XBoard is not a good project to get started on GNU contributions. It is not > dead, but there is *very* little work being done on it or even on the to-do > list. And the current maintainers don't have time to mentor new folks who > have minimal coding experience -- no offense intended! You would do better > to find a very active project.
As to which GNU package is the most actively developed these days: I think it could be GNU Guix [1]. While you might find it hard to contribute with little programming experience, there is a high chance you'll at least get some advice on IRC [3] or the help-guix [2] mailing list. [1] https://guix.gnu.org/ [2] https://guix.gnu.org/en/contact/irc/ [3] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-guix Best! -- W. Kosior website: https://koszko.org/koszko.html fediverse: https://friendica.me/profile/koszko/profile PGP fingerprint: E972 7060 E3C5 637C 8A4F 4B42 4BC5 221C 5A79 FD1A On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:38:53 -0700 Tim Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > Jesus, we aren't looking for co-maintainers anymore. Sorry we didn't get > that listing removed. > > XBoard is not a good project to get started on GNU contributions. It is not > dead, but there is *very* little work being done on it or even on the to-do > list. And the current maintainers don't have time to mentor new folks who > have minimal coding experience -- no offense intended! You would do better > to find a very active project. > > On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM W. Kosior <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello Jesus! > > > > > I've been a GNU/Linux user for about 2 years. I've always loved the GNU > > > project and I've always wanted to contribute to it, So I decided to take > > > a look at the GNU Website to find any unmaintained software or any that > > > need assistance and I found xboard. I have minimal coding experience but > > > I am willing to learn. I am also looking to improve my hands on > > > experience with technology and programming as a whole. So I would be > > > glad to help out with this project. > > > > Thank you for your reaching out. You can consider joining the > > bug-xboard [1] and xboard-devel [2] mailing lists. I am now also > > CC-ing the latter to let current maintainers know that you volunteer to > > help. > > > > [1] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-xboard > > [2] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/xboard-devel > > > > Best! > > Wojtek > > > > PS. Sorry for the late reply -- I was preparing for a thesis defence > > when you wrote and had an international trip afterwards. > > > > -- > > W. Kosior > > > > website: https://koszko.org/koszko.html > > fediverse: https://friendica.me/profile/koszko/profile > > PGP fingerprint: E972 7060 E3C5 637C 8A4F 4B42 4BC5 221C 5A79 FD1A > > > > > > On Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:53:56 -0500 > > Jesus Quinones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I've been a GNU/Linux user for about 2 years. I've always loved the GNU > > > project and I've always wanted to contribute to it, So I decided to take > > > a look at the GNU Website to find any unmaintained software or any that > > > need assistance and I found xboard. I have minimal coding experience but > > > I am willing to learn. I am also looking to improve my hands on > > > experience with technology and programming as a whole. So I would be > > > glad to help out with this project. > > > > > > > > > > > >
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