Hello,

Thank you for your help.
Is programming the only way of contributing?
I would like to contribute through documentation, video or translation, if
possible.

Thank you,
Larissa Leite

Em qui, 25 de out de 2018 às 10:19, Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com>
escreveu:

> Hello Larissa,
>
> Welcome to Guix!
>
> Björn Höfling <bjoern.hoefling@bjoernhoefling.de> ezt írta (időpont:
> 2018. okt. 25., Cs, 8:17):
> >
> > Hi Larissa,
> >
> > welcome to Guix!
> >
> > I'm putting the other Mentors/Coordinators and the developer list on
> > CC. Please answer to the mailing list, so others can help you out too.
> >
> > On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 17:51:56 +0100
> > Larissa Leite <lari.leite88@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > My name is Larissa and I would love to contribute to the project.
> > > I am having some trouble finding where to start, so I have decided,
> > > after reading the reccommendations, to e-mail one of the mentors and
> > > introduce myself.
> > > I'm currently studying Media Production as an exchange student at the
> > > University of Lincoln, this project resonated with me the most,
> > > considering video editing is my passion and I love every opportunity
> > > to develop my editing skills.
> > > Besides editing, I would also enjoy helping with translation. I am
> > > Brazilian, so Portuguese is my native language, and I speak both
> > > English and Spanish fluently.
> > > If you could help me start my contribution, it would be great, I'm
> > > really excited to be a part of this project.
> >
>
> That's great!
>
> > That sounds great. The first step would be to get familiar with Guix
> > and to make a contribution, that you can formally declare on the
> > Outreachy website.
> >
> > To contribute, you can either prepare a package or update
> > documentation, though we would recommend packaging to get first
> > familiar with the system.
> >
> > So your first step would be to install Guix or GuixSD and get into
> > it. You can either install Guix on top of another distro or you can
> > install GuixSD, the GNU/Linux-Distribution alone, either in a virtual
> > machine or a standalone hardware.
> >
> > I think there is a link for both types from the Guix Outreachy site. I
> > will post them here too:
> >
> >
> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Binary-Installation.html#Binary-Installation
> >
> >
> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/System-Installation.html#System-Installation
> >
>
> Yes, any of these would do.
>
> > You can pack whatever software you like and is missing in Guix, though
> > it could get hard depending on your choice :-) So in general for a
> > beginner are R-packages recommended, we have also importers for that.
> >
>
> Yes, packaging something from the CRAN repository using guix import
> would be a good first contibution. For more information about importers
> see the invoking guix import section of the manual.
>
> >
> > If you have any questions, ask on the mailing list or on IRC. The
> > community is very welcoming and willing to help.
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > Björn
>
> Best regards,
> g_bor
>