Re: [Gimp-developer] gsoc 2012 is on

[Tobias Jakobs <tobias jakobs googlemail com>]

Hello,

I'm not a developer, but here are some links and tips that may help you.

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 15:17, JIghtuse <jightuse gmail com> wrote:
> Hello. I want to join GSoC 2012 with GIMP. I have C programming skills and
> some gtk experience.

That sounds like a good start.

> I've cloned gimp git repo, but I've failed to compile it - in my system
> there's no up-to date GEGL package (Debian Wheezy).

That's perfectly fine. I think most of the developers use Debian.

> I want to fix some bugs
> for try change gimp code. Can anybody describe me how to compile gimp and
> fix, for example, this bug:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658610 ?

Here is a wikipage for new GIMP hackers:

http://wiki.gimp.org/index.php/Users:Beginner_Developer%27s_FAQ
Perhaps it's an good idea to ask for an wiki account and adding
everything you are missing from that page.

And here is an description, on how to build GIMP+GEGL+BABL:
http://lightningismyname.blogspot.com/p/compiling-gimp.html

Regards,
Tobias