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Re: A month worth of developers time available for cygwin.


On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 08:13:03PM -0600, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 10:39:08AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 03:39:03PM +0100, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote:
>>>This message is intended mostly for the Cygwin core developers.
>>>
>>>I will be quitting my job mid februari (the 13th) and moving to Canada where
>>>I won't start searching for a job until at least three weeks after our
>>>arrival (I'll be looking after my daughter in stead). As I don't expect
>>>taking care of my daughter will take all of my time, I have some time left
>>>on my hands.
>>>
>>>I've been using Cygwin for quite a while now and would like to use the time 
>>>I'll have on my hands to do something useful for Cygwin. Since the last time
>>>I wanted to offer my time (which finally didn't work out mostly because my
>>>employer didn't want to sign the necessary paperwork) I've gotten the rust
>>>off my C++ skills (and haven't let my other development skills rust either).
>>>
>>>So if you think the project can use a developer for three to four weeks, I'll
>>>be happy to help out. Just point me to something you would like me to do :)
>> 
>> It's very nice of you to offer.  I think the biggest thing we could use help
>> on is documentation.  Going over the documents, removing obsolete bits,
>> clarifying obscure stuff, etc.  I don't want to step on Joshua's toes here so
>> maybe he'll correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the docs could use some
>> work.
> 
> Chris is absolutely right. There are a lot of things that I have not been
> able to touch, for example the API Reference needs updating and examples.  
> Additionally it's a good idea to have someone else read over things since
> something that makes sense to me might be nonsense to everyone else. 
> 
> If this sounds like something you'd be interested in doing, I'd be happy
> to help you get a working documentation-build system and answer any questions
> about it. I know documentation isn't as "fun" as implementing features, but
> it definitely helps users.
I'd be happy to help out with the documentation. As for the documentation
build system: what do I need?

rlc


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