On Tuesday 27 Dec 2011 05:45:25 Daxter wrote: > On Dec 26, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Ian Clarke wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 4:15 AM, Daxter <xovatdev at gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Definitely seems that we need to decentralize this in the short term, > >>> is anyone willing to take on these roles? > >> > >> I've wanted to help out for a long time, and I might as well start now. I > >> have no dev experience with Freenet so I wouldn't be the right person for > >> a number of those jobs, but surely there's something I could take on. At > >> any rate, just wanted to say that I'm willing to help. > > > > Thanks Daxter! So what can you do? :-) > > I can? learn how to do things? I only have a classroom-level understanding of > Java at this point, so there's certainly a lot for me to relearn if I'm to > contribute to the codebase. As for real experience, I've worked both on Ruby > on Rails and PHP web applications, as well as their database backends. > > The biggest barrier to entry is the (AFAIK) lack of any updated guide of how > to get involved, as well as how everything's currently set up. I didn't want > to bother people with "noob" questions, so I've been lurking instead. > > One thing I personally would like to do is provide a Mac-style install bundle > for OSX users, so that the install process looks more professional from the > perspective of a Mac user. Once the bundle itself is set up, it should be > very easy to script any changes to the installer for future updates.
The main problem with that being that you have to regenerate it *on a mac* each time, right? Of course if you're willing to do this that's fine. It does mean it can't be an integrated part of the release process unless the release manager (probably Bombe) is using a mac though. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20111227/f471b7e8/attachment.pgp>
