Re: Willing to Contribute to Emacs NS-Port Development

["Gerd Möllmann" <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>]

Vardhamann B E <be.vardhamann@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello devs,
>
> I have had the pleasure of using Emacs on macOS over the past few
> years and have greatly enjoyed it. I recently came across a post on
> Sacha Chua’s blog mentioning the need for more testers and
> contributors for the NS-port. I am willing to contribute my time (2-3
> hours a week) to help with the development of Emacs, as I wish to give
> back to the community.
>
> Although I am not very well-versed in how to test the program, I am
> eager to learn and be of help. Could you please guide me on how I can
> assist or point me towards any resources I need to learn in order to
> contribute effectively?
>
> Thank you,
> Vardhamann

Hi Vardhamann.

I'm not an Emacs maintainer. I'm a macOS user, exclusively, and
sometimes I'm contributing this or that.

From my POV, what is missing are Cocoa (macOS GUI) developers. The Cocoa
port is unmaintained and has serious stability problems, i.e. it freezes
and crashes much too frequently on macOS.

Without someone familiar with Cocoa who can fix things, testing won't
help much.

My 2 cents only, of course.