Interested in Participating

[Richard Wilbur]

On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 10:41 -0500, John Arbash Meinel wrote:
> Richard Wilbur wrote:
> > Greetings all,
> > 
> > I am interested in joining the Bazaar development effort and have been
> > enjoying the discussion on this list since I joined yesterday.
> > 
> > What is de rigueur for development platform?  The latest updated stable
> > Ubuntu release (Dapper) or the bleeding edge development (Edgy)?  I have
> > Python 2.4.3 installed.  Is new development relying on, preferring,
> > accommodating, or ignoring new features of Python 2.5?  (Do we have a
> > general policy dealing with new language or module releases on which we
> > depend?)  Any other packages needed above and beyond the base Ubuntu
> > release (besides a branch of the latest bzr.dev tree)?
> > 
> > I read Documentation -> Misc -> BzrGivingBack and, as it claims to be
> > out of date, I would be happy to bring it up to date if someone could
> > suggest a more authoritative source of information.  Since it is the
> > most obvious guide, making it current would be a boon to new developers.
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > 
> > Richard Wilbur
> 
> I have to agree with Mattheiu that we are always happy to get reports
> from people on a different platform. We *do* want it to work everywhere.
> 
> We are more than happy to have you around. What pieces of the puzzle are
> you interested in? If you are just looking for something to play with,
> feel free to email me, or join us on irc.freenode.net channel #bzr. I'll
> be happy to give you some direction.
> 
> There is always the TODO file in source. Though most of our real
> tracking is done through the bug tracker:
> https://launchpad.net/products/bzr/+bugs
> 
> But there is a lot of info there, so I'm happy to simplify it a bit to
> make it easy for you to get started.
> 
> John
> =:->
> 

Thanks for the friendly reception.  It is encouraging for a developer
new to the project.  I look forward to jumping on #bzr tonight after
work.

Richard
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