[dia/neduard/update_readme: 4/4] #30 Add "Help Wanted" section in README.md.

[Eduard <neduard src gnome org>]

commit 56710af17cf2e30a2fae8e109a611f18f1e7cabd
Author: Eduard Nicodei <eddnicodei gmail com>
Date:   Thu Jan 31 12:54:55 2019 +0000

    #30 Add "Help Wanted" section in README.md.

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@@ -39,3 +39,89 @@ If you don't want to send a full email or just want to say "Hi!", we also hang
 out on IRC on GimpNet [irc.gimp.org](irc://irc.gimp.org) on `#dia-editor`
 channel.  Dia has been inactive for a few years now so it is always nice to hear
 from people (still) using it.
+
+# Help Wanted
+
+There is a lot of work to be done in order to bring Dia up to date.  Part of
+the reason why Dia has been around for so long is that it is very stable.
+We intend to keep it that way.
+
+## General contributions
+
+We would love to have more people on-board helping improving Dia.  For that,
+the only requirement is patience :slight_smile:.  Software quality comes not
+from the code itself, but how people develop that code.  As such, we need to
+be very nitpicky with what we accept into master and _when_.
+
+Do not be offended: we aren't trying to be mean, control-freaks or in any way
+belittle your work, it's simply that good things take time and there's no way
+to rush quality.  With that in mind, we welcome all contributions, no matter
+how tiny so please get in touch.
+
+## Windows build maintainer
+
+We currently need somebody to look after the Windows builds and packages.
+Most of us use Linux as our main operating system, so if you use Windows and
+would like to program on Dia on Windows, for example, getting it running on
+Visual Studio + Meson, please get in touch.  Note that this involves doing
+full development on Windows and is not limited to just getting it to compile.
+
+## MacOS build maintainer
+
+Similarly to the above, we need somebody to ensure Dia builds and runs well
+on macOS.
+
+## Documentation writers & translators (German, French, Basque, Polish etc)
+
+Much of the documentation in doc/ is outdated.  We need somebody to go through
+the documents, check what is good, update them and then maintain them.  If you
+enjoy or want to practice technical writing or would be interested in helping
+with the translation we would love to hear from you!
+
+## Testers
+
+One simple way to ensure Dia works well for everybody is to test it on as many
+machines as possible.  This role is simple and is a very good way to get more
+familiar with the Dia codebase.  Plus, the more people Dia works for from
+source, the easier it is for package maintainers and the easier it is for
+anybody to contribute patches:
+
+1. Obtain a machine (ARM, ARM64, x86\_64, SPARC, doesn't matter) in one or more
+of the following ways:
+  1. Local laptop, desktop, etc
+  2. Premade box from https://www.osboxes.org/ or similar
+  3. Instal a virtual machine from ISO
+2. Follow the compilation & installation instructions for Dia
+3. See if you can get all the features of Dia running.
+  1. Try various meson options: https://mesonbuild.com/Configuring-a-build-directory.html
+  2. Try to install dependencies in a different order.
+  3. Try a different compiler
+4. If anything is off and hasn't been reported before, let us know!  If it has
+been reported, give the issue a "+1".
+5. If you've tried your best and haven't found anything wrong, also give us a
+shout :-) Let us know what you tried and why you think there aren't any issues
+on the machine you tested it on.
+
+## Code Gardeners
+
+A few issues are marked as [cleanup].  Normally programmers are interested in
+creating things, not removing them.  If you like cleanning code up and believe
+that "perfection is attained, not when there is nothing more to add, but when
+there's nothing left to take away" (Antoine de Saint Exupéry), then by all
+means, we look forward seeing your merge requests.
+
+## Public Relations / Marketing
+
+There are many places where people might ask questions, or discuss about Dia
+that are not actively monitored by developers.  These, for the time being, include:
+ - [SourceForge Tickets](https://sourceforge.net/p/dia-installer/_list/tickets)
+ - [SourceForge Discussion](https://sourceforge.net/p/dia-installer/discussion/)
+ - [Dia 
Bugzilla](https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=NEEDINFO&list_id=325564&order=Importance&product=dia&query_format=advanced)
+   - This will end up being removed, but for the time being some might still
+   accidentally use it.
+ - Social media, reddit, etc.
+
+If you would like to help, you can do so by monitoring these channels and
+providing support to users. This can be as simple as redirecting them to the
+Gitlab issues if they have a problem (or reporting the problem for them), or
+to the mailing list / IRC if they have a question.