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You are claiming that Cairo doesn't want to be helped, but your actual complaint seems to be that Cairo uses a development workflow that you personally dislike
by tetromino_ 9y ago
You are claiming that Cairo doesn't want to be helped, but your actual complaint seems to be that Cairo uses a development workflow that you personally dislike and see as old-fashioned.
- Xylakant 9y agoI don’t think the parents complaint is about the workflow as such. There is basically no information on how to start as a developer, giving the impression of a closed cabal. A project that wants and welcomes help should in some way facilitate that: have a page or a section of a page that welcomes contributors, explains how and where to start, how to get changes accepted. It’s fine if that is “please just send us an email, we’ll pick you up there.”, but “how to contribute?” appears exactly zero times on the page.
- strkek 9y agoI didn't get that impression at all, though. If people want to contribute they only need (1) the source code, and (2) a way to contact the authors. Both conditions are met, so there's really no need for redundant lip service, especially on a minimalist, straight-to-the-point website like that.
- tetromino_ 9y agoThe guide on how to get started is in the source tree, in a top-level file called HACKING [1]. The idea, presumably, is that anyone seriously interested in the project is likely to begin by downloading and reading the source. [1] https://cgit.freedesktop.org/cairo/tree/HACKING https://cgit.freedesktop.org/cairo/tree/HACKING