On 01/27/2011 05:29 PM, Øyvind Kolås wrote: > > Feel free to drop by the #gimp and #gegl IRC channels to ask directed > smart questions for understanding the code. Also be aware that some of > the existing core contributors both dislike email in the first place, > and are "cursed by knowledge" thus not the best people to write > introductions to how things work; new-comers are in a better situation > to do this. For the last few years GIMP (and GEGL) have been involved > in Google Summer of Code which can be considered some form of such a > boot camp - some of the students have also stuck around after their > last money from google arrived, the common practice in the last years > has also been that the domain experts have not neccesarily been direct > mentors for students but "meta-mentors", giving guidance on irc in the > public channels for any problems that might crop up. > > I've tried asking questions in the #gimp channel, but rarely get an answer. I guess the right people would have to be on-line for that to work. I'm thinking that maybe most contributors are in Europe or on the US West Coast. By the time I get off work (US East Coast), it's past midnight in Europe... I'm not saying that the "boot camp" idea is the best solution. But I do have the impression there is a bit of a problem. I've noticed a lot of complaining about there not being enough people to contribute, and about it taking too much effort to bring new contributors up to speed... Another thought: I do have some technical writing skills (although it is not my profession). If there are areas where I could write documentation, having support from the experts on my many questions, and have it end up on the developer.gimp.org, maybe that would help. Eric _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
