Re: Contributing

[Matthew Wood <doowttam@gmail.com>]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1775 bytes --]

Thanks, I'll check out the bug list and some of the bigger packages I rely
on, too.

More information: I'm a web developer working on Linux
and primarily working in Perl, Python, Javascript, stuff like that.
Probably not anything directly applicable, unfortunately.


On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>wrote:

> Matthew Wood <doowttam@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I'm interested contributing, but don't have a project in mind. The
> > contributing docs mention starting with a message here.
>
> May be you should tell us more?
>
> How do you use your Emacs and to what ends.  Are you a programmer and
> what languages do you program in?  What are your interest areas?  What
> platform do you use - Mac, Linux, Windows etc.
>
> The easiest way to contribute is by filing bug reports, responding to
> and helping others in the MLs, IRC.
>
> You can also contribute to any of the bigger packages like Gnus, Org
> mode, CEDET etc.
>
> If you are serious about contributing, why not submit a(ny) patch of say
> 20+ lines, asssign the copyright to FSF and have it integrated in to
> Emacs proper or GNU ELPA.  See section titled `* Copyright Assignment'
> in etc/CONTRIBUTE.
>
> Whether projects end up in your plate or not, lurking around in the
>  mailing list of Emacs and sister projects can give you good perspective
>  on the goings-on in Emacs world.  You can join in when something rings
>  a bell.
>
> > Looking through the archives, I found a message that basically said
> > that there wasn't a well organized list of projects for beginner
> > contributors. It suggested looking in etc/TODO and etc/NEWS for ideas.
> >
> > Is that still the best way to start? Or is there a better way now?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Matt Wood
> >
>
> --
>

[-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 2384 bytes --]