Re: [guadec-list] What's in it for me?

[Sriram Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me>]

Hi Michael!

On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 2:58 AM,  <michael isberg posteo de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Maybe I'm in the wrong place but I'm a GNOME desktop user and eventually I
> want to develop an application in the GNOME/GTK+ environment.
> Would attending GUADEC benefit me in any way, even if I'm just a plain user?
> Apart from meeting very nice people.
>
> Thanks in advance for your reply.

This is such a great question, thank you for posting it on the mailing
list.  I think attending GUADEC is one of the best ways to familiarize
yourself with the platform, but also be able to meet the maintainers
and get to know them at a personal level.  This then gets reflected in
bug reports that you might file later.  This is also your opportunity
to tell platform developers your needs as a developer.  For instance,
perhaps there is a gap that is missing in one of the libraries.  If
you can formulate a good argument for inclusion they could work with
you on creating that feature.  Resources are tight, so it's important
that you are able to communicate that such a feature will improve the
platform.   But that is a discussion best done in person than say over
a bug report or on a mailing list.

I hope that you will consider attending!

Warm regards,
sri

> Kind regards,
>
> Michael Isberg
> Sweden
>
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