Hello! So you are a Windows developer, Vrok? If so, awesome, it's really needed! On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 12:39 PM Alexandre Prokoudine via gimp-developer-list <gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Vrok! > > Our onboarding procedure could do with some improvement indeed :) > > I guess the first step would be building GIMP from source code. We > typically do it n Linux with Mingw, but I know there's some work going > on to try doing this with MSYS2. At least that's my impression from > quick glances on our IRC channel. > Actually Wormnest (our current Windows dev boss!) says he builds from MSYS2 from Windows. The ones who cross-build from Linux are the Linux devs (like myself!) who can't bother to set up a full development environment on Windows. 😛 So yeah it should work with both methods. Though building GIMP 2.10 natively from Windows is apparently a real pain (because autotools are very slow natively on Windows), but master branch with meson should be much easier. At least that's what I hear. > As for actual development, we usually recommend accomplishing a simple > task that really excites you, something you want to see fixed in GIMP. > If all else fails, there's a 'Newcomers' label for issues that are > simple enough to get started contributing: > > https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues?label_name%5B%5D=4.+Newcomers Yes, the best is really if you find yourself issues you had with GIMP and try to fix them. All current long-term GIMP developers started like this. We encountered a bug and dealt with it. It can be something very basic. It is much more enjoyable when you actually work for yourself than just for the sake of it. 🙂 Also I would suggest to come and discuss on IRC (#gimp on irc.gimp.org). This makes things more enjoyable for you than just dropping patches (at least I think, personally). Jehan > > Please don't hesitate asking questions :) > > Alex > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 1:26 PM Tan Vrok Fei via gimp-developer-list > <gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I’m Vrok, and I would like to help out with developing and introducing > new features to GIMP. However, I don’t know where to start. > > > > Any guidance on where to begin is welcome. Thank you. > > > > Regards, > > Vrok > > > > Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gimp-developer-list mailing list > > List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > > List membership: > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > List membership: > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list > -- ZeMarmot open animation film http://film.zemarmot.net Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/ZeMarmot/ Patreon: https://patreon.com/zemarmot Tipeee: https://www.tipeee.com/zemarmot _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
