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On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Thien-Thi Nguyen <[email protected]> wrote: > () Felipe Sanches <[email protected]> > () Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:25:40 -0200 > > can you describe your contributions, please? > > Overall, i would say they are "process-oriented changes" > which, if applied, would affect the project at a meta level. > > Like doing morning exercises, you first get the form of the > activity roughly in shape, and over time the form of your body > (in this analogy, the code) follows. Of course, if you neglect > doing such preparations, your body may shape up, anyway, but it > will be more work (and less fun, unless you are a masochist) in > the long run. > > Now i will describe each change in (more) detail, mixing in the > morning exercises analogy a bit to keep myself interested.[0] > > * 192f0cd [admin] Add HACKING; nfc. > > Hacking is the pleasure of mind-motion manifested in source > code changes (or so says the doctor who prescribes these > things), so this file is like the list of hints you tape to the > bedroom door. It tells you (briefly) how to get started, how > to measure and record progress, and how to behave around others > who might be of parallel pursuit. It is not complete, because > the doctor is not always the pharmacist, and the pharmacist is > not always the patient, and the patient is not always sick. > > * 55ceaed [build] Add autogen.sh; delete generated files. > > OK, first things first: start with a clear recognition of the > separation between what you were born with and what you might > hope to achieve. Thank your parents. > > * 0f5c720 Update ignorance; nfc. > > Make sure you have enough space. Clear your mind. > > * c4fc388 [build] Remove spurious AC_SUBST. > > Avoid caffeine (or reduce it as much as humanly possible). > > * 043b543 Whitespace munging; nfc. > > Find a comfortable mat of the right size. > > * 1289893 [build] Add ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS to top-level Makefile. > > Don't do jumping exercises on a squeaky wood floor. > > Well, that's it! You are (mostly) ready to seriously start > hacking. Only "mostly" because, like all disciplines, one must > adapt to changing circumstances every once in a while, and the > start is the biggest change of them all. When does the surfer > know when to surf? > > thi > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > [0] If you are bored by the analogy, you can do: > > $ git clone http://www.gnuvola.org/wip/librewdg.git > $ cd librewdg > $ for sha in 192f0cd 55ceaed 0f5c720 \ > c4fc388 043b543 1289893 ; \ > do git show $sha | less ; done > > for details. > > >
