Re: [Gimp-developer] Getting contributors via OpenHatch

[Ofnuts <ofnuts laposte net>]

On 02/06/14 05:13, scl wrote:
> On  1.6.2014 at 9:49 PM Ofnuts wrote:
> > If you include in it the page from LightningIsMyName that it links to,
> > definitely...
> >
> > Call me cynical, but someone that needs really more detailed
> > instructions will likely not have the programming background to be a
> > useful Gimp developer. Of course I expect potential Gimp contributors to
> > be somewhat "already-knowledgeable", at least in the basics of Linux
> > application development.
>
> I would not reduce it to only Linux development:
> We have a big lack of Windows developers or they have not enough
> time, so Windows developers are very welcome, too.
>
> And: contributions are not only coding. For example user support,
> bug reporting and triaging, documentation, translation, contributing
> high-quality assets, test and constructive user feedback/domain
> guidance, website maintenance are also contributions and they don't
> need knowledge of Linux application development.
I totally agree with that, but I'll add that these people don't really 
need to build their own Gimp either.