Je 2011-Mar-09 je 10:03, William Holbrook II skribis:
> My name is William Holbrook and I'm a sophomore at Morehead State
> University.
Welcome to the list and good luck with your application.
> I've seen on your list of GSoC 2011 ideas (and lists for GSoC's
> previous years) that you're looking for someone to get the Mac port
> of Abiword up to speed. I have a Mac (with OS X installed) that I
> use regularly, so I would be good to go there (given that having a
> Mac is a prerequisite for porting to the Mac platform).
That would be awesome. AFAIK, the bulk of AbiWord developers are on
Linux. The last time I heard, the Windows version is cross-compiled
from a Linux machine.
I remember when I was working on it in GSoC 2009, I didn't have a Mac
and really royally messed up the Mac builds in my branch. Having
someone on board to keep the Mac version healthy is exactly what's
needed.
> I must admit -- I don't have any development experience, but I'm
> ready and willing to learn. However, I believe that the devs are
> better to judge if this project is apt for me to pursue.
You have to learn somewhere. Do you have basic knowledge of C++ or
object-oriented programming? C++ is very quirky, but if you're familiar
with object-oriented theory, it's not hard to understand.
Most of the AbiWord code is cross-platform. As a Mac developer, you'd
be working on the shell and dialogs, making sure they compile, making
sure they work correctly. It would likely be more debugging than
anything.
-- Keith Bowes <http://zooplah.farvista.net/>Received on Thu Mar 10 23:29:17 2011
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