Re: [gnome-love] Setting up a development environment

[Hashem Nasarat <hnasarat gmail com>]

No shame! We all can't read sometimes :)

Perhaps the page can be cleaned up to be more clear...

On 11/04/2013 12:07 PM, Luiz Poleto wrote:
> I did see the JHBuild tool but wasn't really sure how it worked. Now
> that you guys pointed it out, I read the entire page again and realized
> that I missed this paragraph in the first time:
>
> "/JHBuild enables you to run Gnome in a sandbox environment and doesn't
> install it globally on your system, _so there is no need to run Gnome
> inside a virtual machine._/"
>
> Shame on me! Shame on me! :-)
>
> Thanks, guys!
> Luiz
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Hashem Nasarat <hnasarat gmail com
> <mailto:hnasarat gmail com>> wrote:
>
>     Thanks for your interest in contributing to GNOME!
>
>     I only have time right now for a brief reply, but "developing without
>     messing up current installation" is the whole point of GNOME's
>     jhbuild tool.
>
>     Here's a short tutorial on how to get started using it.
>     https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeLove/BuildGnome
>
>     Please don't hesitate to ask for help if you come across any issues.
>
>     -Hashem
>
>     On 11/04/2013 11:27 AM, Luiz Poleto wrote:
>     > Hello all,
>     >
>     > I am trying to get started contributing with Gnome. First thing I
>     wanna
>     > do is set up a development environment where I can play around without
>     > worrying about messing up with my current Gnome installation.
>     >
>     > So, I thought about having it installed in VirtualBox. Is it
>     > recommended? Are there any side effects on this approach?
>     > If the above is not the ideal scenario, what would be the best
>     approach?
>     >
>     > Thanks,
>     > Luiz
>     >
>     >
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