[Adium-devl] Interested in Joining

Fri Mar 16 22:32:34 UTC 2007

Igor-

The best thing to do is to find a bug that looks interesting to you  
that you would like to fix. You'll enjoy it more, and you'll be more  
likely to fix it ;)

Paul

On Mar 16, 2007, at 6:30 PM, Igor Foox wrote:

> Hi folks, I'm also new here. I've been picking up objective-c and
> cocoa in the
> past few weeks, and i think soon I will be able to find some time to
> poke around
> at the corners of adium. So if people find simple bugs that can be
> worked on, I think
> a few of us would appreciate if you post them here.
>
> Thanks to David who already posted one such example.
>
> Thanks,
> Igor
>
> On 16-Mar-07, at 3:39 PM, Eitan Konigsburg wrote:
>
>> I also would like a little help in that department.  I'm in a
>> similar situation.
>> Eitan
>>
>> On 3/16/07, Chris Forsythe <chris at growl.info> wrote:
>>> Can anyone suggest some stuff for Terell to look at? Please ensure
>>> that
>>> your replies include Terell in them.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> Terell Avery wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for the follow up. I downloaded everything but haven't  
>>>> really
>>>> started on anything. I wasn't quite sure where to start.  It was
>>>> suggested that I start working on the things that bug me but
>>>> honestly
>>>> the 1.0 release has been great for me. Any suggestions on things
>>>> that
>>>> might need work? Are the issues with the bug tracker worked out?
>>>> Implementing a whole new feature probably wouldn't be a good
>>>> starting
>>>> point for me but I am sure I can work on fixing something.
>>>>
>>>> I am looking forward to the meeting on the 5th.
>>>>
>>>> -T
>>>>
>>>> On 3/16/07, *Chris Forsythe* <chris at growl.info
>>>> <mailto:chris at growl.info> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     Hi Terell,
>>>>
>>>>         I wanted to follow up with you and see how you are doing
>>>> with
>>>>     this
>>>>     so far.
>>>>
>>>>         We will be meeting on Thursday, April 5th at 8 pm CST/
>>>> CDT. Please
>>>>     see http://trac.adiumx.com/wiki/AdiumMeetings/2007-04-05 for
>>>> more
>>>>     details.
>>>>
>>>>     Chris
>>>>
>>>>     Terell Avery wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have added myself to the mailing list. When is the next
>>>>     meeting and
>>>>> are you giving out logins to the ticket system to the developers?
>>>>>
>>>>> Any chance of a new developer orientation this month in irc?
>>>>> -T
>>>>>
>>>>> On 3/8/07, *David Smith* <catfish.man at gmail.com
>>>>     <mailto:catfish.man at gmail.com>
>>>>> <mailto:catfish.man at gmail.com <mailto:catfish.man at gmail.com>>>
>>>>     wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>     trac.adiumx.com <http://trac.adiumx.com>
>>>>     <http://trac.adiumx.com> is our ticket system*,
>>>>>     development discussion happens
>>>>>     on irc (#adium-devl on libgaim) or on the
>>>>     adium-devl at adiumx.com <mailto:adium-devl at adiumx.com>
>>>>>     <mailto:adium-devl at adiumx.com <mailto:adium-devl at adiumx.com>>
>>>>>     mailing list.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>     David
>>>>>
>>>>>     *currently having some login issues, I believe
>>>>>
>>>>>     On Mar 8, 2007, at 4:06 PM, Terell Avery wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Excuse the dumb questions, I have never worked on any Open
>>>>     Source
>>>>>> applications. Is there a ticket system that developers can
>>>>     use to
>>>>>> address requests, features or bugs? Do you guys meet at
>>>>     all discuss
>>>>>> who's doing what, coding conventions etc?
>>>>>> How is duplicated effort avoided?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -T
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3/8/07, Chris Forsythe < chris at growl.info
>>>>     <mailto:chris at growl.info>
>>>>>     <mailto:chris at growl.info <mailto:chris at growl.info>>> wrote:
>>>>     Basically we
>>>>>> are generally asking folks to start with what they find
>>>>>> the most aggravating portion of Adium, and go from there.
>>>>     Grabbing
>>>>>> the source code and taking a look at it is the first step.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://trac.adiumx.com/wiki/GettingAdiumSource
>>>>>     <http://trac.adiumx.com/wiki/GettingAdiumSource> has info on
>>>>     getting
>>>>>> the source code.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let David and I know if you have any problems, and
>>>>     definitely if you
>>>>>> have any question please let us know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mar 8, 2007, at 5:13 PM, Terell Avery wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chris & David,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My name is Terell Avery and I saw you a posting on
>>>>     Arstechnica
>>>>>     that
>>>>>>> you were looking for assistance with the development of
>>>>     Adium.
>>>>>     As a
>>>>>>> long term user of the application I would love to get a
>>>>     chance to
>>>>>>> contribute to the project.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To give you a little more information about me, I am
>>>>     part time
>>>>>>> "consultant developer". Most of my experience is with
>>>>     web apps and
>>>>>>> databases but I have done a little with Cocoa. I also
>>>>     have some
>>>>>>> experience writing code with portaudio library on the Mac.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you interested in having me participate please let me
>>>>     know
>>>>>     what
>>>>>>> else you may want to know about my experience.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Terell Avery
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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