[vlc-devel] Visibility of 1.0.0-rcX (was: Earth to release engineering)

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Hello Georg,

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 09:06:08PM +0200, Georg Seifert wrote :
> I did propose myself as a (junior) developer (I could help mainly on  
> interface programming and layout) as I’m know very few c but quite good 
> cocoa. I would need some guidance to get started and if someone could 
> point me to some parts to start with I would happily dive into it...

Seriously, coding on interface in VLC doesn't need many many skills.
It just need perseverance and a lot of time to fix ALL the small
annoying bugs and find the right compromises to please most people.

When I started to code on Qt GUI, my knowledge of C/C++ and VLC was way
below standard student coder...

Anyway, I am sure we can find many stuffs to begin with and the new
interface of OSX for 1.1 is a good way to start, IMVVHO.

Best,
  jb


>>> I am not sure what it would take to get more non-Linux developers on
>>> board. I would offer to help, but I am not familiar with MacOS X on  
>>> the
>>> development side, spending more of my energy in Java.
>>
>> Threatening to stop VLC on OSX on the website main page did not work.
>> I just suspect there are comparatively few open-source volunteer  
>> developpers
>> running MacOS X.
>>
>>> Just for the record, what elements are considered platform specific
>>> and what sort of skill sets are you looking for?
>>
>> The UI, the video and audio outputs, the contribs, the framework/SDK.
>>
>> But with RC2 out this week, it's rather late to find developpers for  
>> the next
>> release. And then, starting with shotgun bug fixing a few weeks before 
>> a
>> release is probably an excellent way to burn your motivation out  
>> really fast.
>> IMHO, we cannot afford to loose any new developper like that.
>>
>> -- 
>> Rémi Denis-Courmont
>> http://www.remlab.net/
>>
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