Re: [Gimp-developer] contribution processes...

[gfxuser <gfx user online de>]

Hi Alexandre,
> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 10:40 AM, gfxuser<gfx user online de>  wrote:
>
> > Another dawn of hope is the GEGL porting matrix. AFAIK most of GIMP is
> > ported to GEGL, but there are still some open 'easy to do' tasks - the best
> > start for beginners. The matrix starts with the chapter 'How to port' -
> > which is empty. How is a beginner supposed to port anything?
> Empty? No, it says "Missing info. You can help filling it :)" Which
> means that...
This is the point. From a beginners point of view these two sentences 
mean just the same like an empty space. Is nobody there who knows more 
about porting to GEGL? Did all the code suddenly appear from nowhere?

> > It would also
> > be helpful if somebody regularly concludes some discussions of general
> > interest on IRC or the devlist and maintains an up-to-date list in the wiki.
> ...is entirely possible, but requires someone to be around at all
> times. I will, of course, do my best, but cannot guarantee either
> 24/7/365 presence, or full understanding of all technical discussions.
I appreciate your efforts and wouldn't expect you to be around 
everywhere all the time. I thought of two things anybody can do:
IRC: AFAIK discussions in IRC happen in the evening time (CET). If 
sometimes discussions about certain topics of general interest come up 
(like repeating questions, repeated pain with used libs, maybe some GSoC 
students questions, upcoming release dates) it would be useful if 
someone from the discussion could drop a short, meaningful note about 
the results in the wiki. If all these questions have already been 
answered in the wiki, then it's ok.
Devlist: as we currently see with your 'Wilber in the toolbar' thread, 
discussions can become very long. That's ok. As results grow within the 
discussion, it's later hard to find out a specific information quickly, 
if it's hidden underneath lots of postings. That's why a short summary 
at the end was useful. BTW this clarifies some questions for those who 
later implement something based upon this discussion.

Best regards,

grafxuser