[Adium-devl] Suggestions to help people get comfortable with the Adium code

[Chris Stewart]

> This is kind of related to the concept of ownership. I'm not a huge
> fan of direct code ownership (if you're not ready for other people to
> change code, keep it in a branch). However, a list of what sections of
> Adium people are familiar with and interested in would be useful. A
> wiki page sounds ideal for this :)

That would be very helpful.

> Would a development oriented IRC channel be helpful to you? The
> current one is a mix of both support and development talk mixed in.

It might be nice but I think the mailing list is useful enough.  It seems
that some of the development questions can require a lot of thought before
being able to reply with an answer.  These types of questions, I think, are
more appropriate for email.

> If you have Wiki access already, could you put it up? If not, tell
> Chris your wiki name and he'll add you.

Will do, thanks.

> Additionally, what do you guys think about letting anyone with an
> account edit the Wiki?

As the others have said, probably not a great idea.

Chris

On 12/8/06, Colin Barrett <timber at lava.net> wrote:
>
> On Dec 7, 2006, at 9:38 PM, Chris Stewart wrote:
>
> > As I've been struggling these past few weeks/months I've kept tabs
> > on a few items I think would be helpful for new developers of Adium.
> >
> > 1. A visual diagram of how Adium is structured.  I think it would be
> > helpful to visually see the different components that make up
> > Adium.  For each component, you could list where in the code the
> > developer can find the relevant source.
> >
> > 2. A visual representation of how Adium actually works.  I think any
> > sort of visual on how the notification piece to Adium works would be
> > helpful for people to understand how Adium actually works.
> >
> > 3. If it exists, a list of the people that maintain or are generally
> > involved with the different components of Adium.  So if someone
> > starts working on a specific section they'll know who to contact
> > about design and potential issues that may arise.
>
> This is kind of related to the concept of ownership. I'm not a huge
> fan of direct code ownership (if you're not ready for other people to
> change code, keep it in a branch). However, a list of what sections of
> Adium people are familiar with and interested in would be useful. A
> wiki page sounds ideal for this :)
>
> > 4. It would help to be able to easily find this information from the
> > Trac (http://trac.adiumx.com/) page on the bottom right side of the
> > page.  Or, possibly, to make that bottom right side of the page the
> > focus on the page itself instead of the search.
> >
> > During this time I've also found a bunch of things that have helped
> > me get aquainted to the project.
> >
> > 1. The development mailing list!  I couldn't get anything done
> > without access to this list.  I learn a ton from watching the
> > communication go back and forth.
>
> We should do more to make sure that the people who are interested in
> being on this about this list know about it.
>
> > 2. The IRC channel.  While I'm not a constant visitor, I have used
> > it for quick questions and it has proven very useful.
>
> Would a development oriented IRC channel be helpful to you? The
> current one is a mix of both support and development talk mixed in.
>
> > 3. The development team has been very helpful and interested in
> > getting me started to contribute.  That goes along ways. :)
>
> Hey, well, I think we work really hard at trying to be helpful and
> accommodating to people who want to contribute. Surprisingly, not all
> projects are like this!
>
> > Anyway, I hope some of these are seen as useful to others
>
> If you have Wiki access already, could you put it up? If not, tell
> Chris your wiki name and he'll add you.
>
> Additionally, what do you guys think about letting anyone with an
> account edit the Wiki?
>
> -Colin
>
>
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