Re: [Gimp-web] Getting involved with the "Get Involved" web page

[Pat David <patdavid gmail com>]

Hi Andrew!

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 12:56 PM Andrew Toskin <andrew tosk in> wrote:

> I'd like to contribute to the GIMP documentation, including the main
> gimp.org website. I figure the first place I'd like to start would be
> clarifying *how to contribute*. The "Get Involved" page <
> http://www.gimp.org/develop/> does a good job of listing the varieties
> of ways people can contribute, but does not talk much about how to
> actually do it.

Careful!  I was a casual user until I mentioned I would like to help.  They
chained me to a wall and next thing I knew I was re-building a website. :)


> For example, what is the preferred workflow for making and submitting
> edits? I see that the gimp.org files are managed the git repository at
> <https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp-web>... Is there was a way for
> people outside the development team to send pull requests, like on
> GitHub? mitch, on the #gimp IRC, suggested that new contributors
> probably have to start out by submitting patch files to the mailing
> list until they've proven themselves. If that's true, then I would send
> you a patch which adds an explanation of this process to the "Get
> Involved" page. Or, if there's a simpler way, let's talk about that.
>
> What do you think?

Yes, the preferred method until you're known and trusted is likely to get
the website from git, make your proposed changes and send a patch to the
mailing list.

Do note that we are in the process of migrating the site to a different
back-end infrastructure - so your patch _may_ be better aimed at
static.gimp.org (in the gimp-web-static branch of gimp-web).  Feel free to
poke me if you need further instructions (because I still haven't written
the README that jimmac suggested a over a month ago).

pat