[Panel-devel] Joining the team

[Matt Broadstone]

On 8/25/05, Wade Olson <wade at corefunction.com> wrote:
>  I agree.
>  
>  You must have been spying on me through my webcam (need...more...tinfoil)
> as I updated about 10 wiki pages last night.
>  
>  Alas, it's 5:15 am now and I have to drive straight to a consulting
> engagement in another state.  But I will try to put in some of this
> information later tonight.
>  
>  Thanks,
>  Wade
>  
>  
> 
>  Vinay Khaitan wrote: 
>  Don't you think, All of this should have gone to plasma Wiki ?
> Well, I already though about contacting Aaron. I really feel,
> manything is missing in plasma wiki for new developers. The wiki
> should detail the process.
> 
No it should not.. Aaron and I talked about this when I was first
setting up the wiki. The wiki is not meant to be a place where you can
find out how to get involved and get started, but instead a place
where you can find lots of specific reference information on the
internals of Plasma. For instance, this is the reason we have not
posted instructions on setting up the kde4 environment on the wiki,
information like this belongs on the main web page. A lot of wade's
information is OK, but the point of the wiki is not to inform new
people, but to help developers who are already familiar with the
project work together.

> 
> On 8/24/05, Wade Olson <wadejolson at gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>  
>  Hi Markus,
>  
>  Thanks for the email and welcome!
>  
>  I know that interest is booming for Plasma, which is turning into both a
> blessing and a curse for Aaron. Hopefully with aKademy coming up shortly,
> more information and immediate tasks will be forthcoming.
>  
>  In the interim, for people who are just joining this young project, can I
> recommend:
>  * Give everyone a brief synopsis of your background (student/professional,
> home country, software experience, KDE experience)
>  * List where you think you might fit in initially (and remember that not
> everyone can just step in and do the fun work of drawing on a whiteboard and
> having legions do their C++ bidding)
>  * Do your project homework. Learn as much about Plasma as you can from:
>  http://plasma.kde.org/cms/1086
>  http://plasma.kde.org/wiki/
>  
> http://kde-artists.org/main/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,48/expv,0/board,5.0
>  http://appeal.kde.org/wiki/Appeal
>  http://netdragon.sourceforge.net/ssuperkaramba.html
> (for historical reference)
>  Competitive analysis: Apple, MS, Gnome, 3rd party widgets
>  * Do your functional homework. For example, if you plan on helping with
> usability, make sure you are familiar with sites like:
>  http://www.openusability.org/
>  http://www.kde.org/areas/guidelines/html/
>  (and many other interface guidelines...like apple.com's work)
>  Or, if you plan on coding, of course you want to be familiar with:
>  http://developer.kde.org/
>  http://www.trolltech.com/developer/
>  http://qtdeveloper.net/
>  Any site that help with OOA/OOD/Design Patterns
>  
>  These simple steps can help others learn more about you, help Aaron
> organize skill sets and person-power, and minimize initial delays due to
> lack of preparation.
>  
>  No matter how people feel about software development bureaucracy, there are
> very basic project planning and resourcing tasks that have to be coordinated
> with such a large disparate group forming so quickly.
>  
>  Not only is Plasma going to be unbelievable, but it's really going to get
> people to learn about more sophisticated programming techniques, usability
> and various testing methodologies. I'd say this group is a microcosm of
> what going to go on with KDE in general as it expreiences growing pains.
>  
>  So welcome, and hold tight while things get organized, but hopefully
> there's plenty everyone can do in the meantime to sharpen their skills and
> familiarity.
>  
>  Wade
>  
>  *Note: This email does not necessarily reflect the views of those that know
> their head from their arse.
> 
>  
> 
> On 8/24/05, Markus Hofmann <markus.hofmann at gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>  
>  Hi everybody,
> 
> I want to join the plasma team too.
> 
> For four weeks I read an interesting article about the plasma project
> and I subscribed theailing list. With the help of Hans I got kde4
> compiled on my computer. 
> 
> I don't have experience in QT programming but I'm interested to learn.
> 
> I'm really motivated to help you.
> 
> Greeting
> 
> Markus
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