Re: [Gimp-developer] Getting contributors via OpenHatch

[Ofnuts <ofnuts laposte net>]

On 02/06/14 00:41, Gez wrote:
> El dom, 01-06-2014 a las 21:49 +0200, Ofnuts escribió:
> > 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.  Lines have to be drawn somewhere...
> +1
> I'm not a coder, just a user and I could manage to build GIMP from git
> without too much hassle.
>
> Some things may be not exactly obvious, but I want to believe that
> somebody who intends to contribute in a software project will be at
> least equiped to compile the thing from sources.
>
> If that's supposed to be an entry barrier, I think it's a good one.
>
> Gez

I don't think it's an explicitly laid down barrier. But after all the 
maintenance manual of my bike assumes that you know how to operate a 
torque wrench and what SAE 20W50 means. If you don't you better keep 
your hands off the engine :)