On 18 September 2012 02:50, Gabor Szabo <ga...@szabgab.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Mark Dootson <mark.doot...@znix.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > For the future health of the wxPerl community, I think it would be good > if > > there were more direct contributors to the source or support in some > other > > way. > > > > What do you think stops us having a larger number of commiters? > > > > I have an idea that as most of us come from a Perl background of some > sort > > and not C++ it perhaps discourages active participation. I know that for > me > > when first trying to add or fix a few things, because Wx includes a great > > deal of smart pre-processing, I found it quite difficult to piece the > > processes together in my head. > > > > So I am wondering if much more detailed documentation of the Wx > internals / > > build process / api would be properly useful in this regard. wxPerl is my > > only C++ project involvement (and was the first XS one as I recall) so > I'd > > like to gauge the community view on how helpful this would be? Helpful > > enough to do this instead of updating the library itself with new 2.9.4 > > features. > > > > Also, any ideas on how we might grow the project by increasing the > number of > > commiters? It seems an essential thing to do to me. > > > > Anyhow, that is just my view. Either we get more active commiters or the > > project may dwindle. > > > > Your view may be different - if so it would be good to share it so we can > > cherry pick from everyone's ideas. > > It is very unlikely that I'll have the time to contribute any time > soon, even if I knew > C++ well, but maybe it will get others to contribute. > > I was wondering if you could ask for a TPF grant for either the > documentation or > the update project? Maybe that will help you allocate time for both > the documentation > and the 2.9.4 update. > > Just 2c > > Gabor >
I would love to be more involved but the effort required to get up to speed on the C++/XS side of things, as it has been a long time since I did any C/C++ programming and have never touched XS, is definitely a huge roadblock. Especially when tuits are in short supply. So more detailed documentation would definitely be helpful if I come across a Wx itch that hasn't already been scratched by someone else. Would make it more likely I wrap whatever feature is missing myself instead of working around it, which is what I would more than likely do now. My $0.02 CAD. Brad <http://brad.donor.com>
