From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: brettg@posteo.net Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: Where to start Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 05:38:23 +0100 Message-ID: <4d78ff7e640b2f12cc7b40408eb9398b@posteo.net> References: <2098616274f21adf2d924a54a8a13587@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="71835"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Posteo Webmail Cc: guile-devel To: guile-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 27 05:39:25 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gyr04-000ISy-2o for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 05:39:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37789 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gyr02-00044G-Or for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:39:18 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:49985) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gyqzc-000434-Rb for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:38:53 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gyqzV-0004D4-3a for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:38:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.65]:55032) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gyqzS-00047E-Rj for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:38:43 -0500 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6044B16005D for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 05:38:24 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1551242304; bh=oq43MnJw6LyG7hGys1sTnZTBZeZYqs0SOpUWpoPfZ7U=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:From; b=fBP0VJS8YZp8ouRyxGlx3B4QoO6xjvibqNra1LFaFcoDT4lzh9RO+Gd+VrzU68WTR oixRPBOuDfFyWnFae0ylrmym+QLSjit7OxBOdXCM9wYAtjDBlwtEUZTa1saAP8S2lE MHTNCjbvO+qHFShm+iklNy464IPSJ8D3uYDHArGgjZpJoiUudyIkRoIlCiWJ0kKLJO mnnxaXoxoAKGO4oE5l6d/dNBIrFU7N477Rdu82FkuHnsnFz008HCzE2LSQuR3LnRhh iGCc7Bajb/Udhgs/0TCF5Cq8M3uFjcsnzSy1lMZrqJAk7vXXC4fiTZiGtKN4Q5x9IJ JDNQCx7MN2+PQ== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 448NGl4cf4z6tm8; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 05:38:23 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <2098616274f21adf2d924a54a8a13587@posteo.net> X-Sender: brettg@posteo.net X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 185.67.36.65 X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "guile-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:19854 Archived-At: I guess, on some level I am asking how to go about familiarizing myself with the code. How to approach understanding the logic behind each directory. Is there a map that designates the differences between /lib and /libguile? So on. On 27.02.2019 02:22, brettg@posteo.net wrote: > Hi there. I think some of you already know me from the Guix mailing > lists. I come from a biosciences background, and am transitioning into > a career in computer science. I plan on starting my masters this year. > A large part of my interest has been in LISPs, and particularly Guile > and other implementations of Scheme. > > I know that Guile 3 is right around the corner, and i'd like to be > able to lend a hand in getting it ready for that. I have experience in > both Scheme and C. This would be my first contribution to a C project > though. I am curious if there is some resource that explains where I > may focus my efforts? I know the bug tracker is available for this, > but where else may I focus my attention? > > I imagine most of what we need for Guile 3 is in a feature-freeze more > or less, so I just want to get my cards in order before I start > throwing any patches out. > > Best, > Brett Gilio