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

[Georg Seifert]

I did some suggestions on the interface part. I could do a lot more if  
I get some (very little) first advice. If someone could tell me some  
places I could start with...

Georg

> 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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>
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> Jean-Baptiste Kempf
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