<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">*****************</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Hello,</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">I would prefer if you kept all discussion public, on the mailing list</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">or #wayland IRC channel in Freenode, if possible, as I cannot really do</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">private guidance for everyone.</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">As for learning, I suppose you can follow what's going on in IRC and</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">the mailing list, look at submitted patches, try things for yourself,</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">pick a topic you want to work on, and then just dive in and ask</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">questions. Reading patch review comments can be enlightening as well,</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">and when you wonder why a piece of code is like it is, you can use 'git</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">blame' to find the commit that made it so, the commit message should</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">help with understanding though it doesn't always.</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Due to the lack of documentation, especially for Weston and libweston,</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">asking questions in IRC is often an effective way to get forward.</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Thanks,</span><br style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">pq</span></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">******************</span></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Thanks for the guidance. <br></span></font><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Apr 5, 2018, 14:08 Pekka Paalanen <<a href="mailto:ppaalanen@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ppaalanen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Thu, 5 Apr 2018 13:30:16 +0530<br>
Sagar Tewari <<a href="mailto:iaansagar@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">iaansagar@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> Thanks for quick reply. I'm interested in contributing to the weston<br>
> ecosystem. How do you suggest I should start learning about it?<br>
<br>
Hello,<br>
<br>
I would prefer if you kept all discussion public, on the mailing list<br>
or #wayland IRC channel in Freenode, if possible, as I cannot really do<br>
private guidance for everyone.<br>
<br>
As for learning, I suppose you can follow what's going on in IRC and<br>
the mailing list, look at submitted patches, try things for yourself,<br>
pick a topic you want to work on, and then just dive in and ask<br>
questions. Reading patch review comments can be enlightening as well,<br>
and when you wonder why a piece of code is like it is, you can use 'git<br>
blame' to find the commit that made it so, the commit message should<br>
help with understanding though it doesn't always.<br>
<br>
Due to the lack of documentation, especially for Weston and libweston,<br>
asking questions in IRC is often an effective way to get forward.<br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
pq<br>
</blockquote></div></div></div>