Re: [DotGNU] How do I start contributing

[Gopal.V]

If memory serves me right, Sarath B Nair wrote:
>    I guess this mail is not just for Tarasov, but for all of us here...
        Yep.
> 
>    I am a VC++,C++ Bulder, and Delphi programmer. I know some Linux
> programming.. 
>     
>    My only probem is that i cant connect to net via cvs to get the patches
> directly.
        My problem exactly. I have net access at college which is severely
firewalled thanks to our efforts to try out new things like NIMDA on
the IIS servers there. 

        If you happen to have a GNU box and a firewall which allows 
HTTPS access (443) you can subvert (pardon the pun) your fascist 
firewall using the subversions.gnu.org CVS server which also 
listens to port 443. But if you are heavily firewalled and HTTP 
proxied as I am, you are among one of the sorry lots. So I just 
have to do all my work at home from my dialup.

        In the end, if you are using a M$ box, you could as well get 
cygwin and use it for CVS'ing this stuff. But anyway you still 
have one option left. Pnet releases happen often and you could
request a nightly build feature for DotGNU so that everyday a 
*.tgz file with corresponding date is packaged and placed in a 
known repository. Look at WINE's <www.winehq.org> nightly builds 
to get an idea of what I'm talking about. 

        So if more people without CVS access start working on DotGNU
we'll have to consider this sooner or later. But hey wait, there 
could be a patch-mailing list which automails diffs everyday say 
at 1200 GMT.

        Also another question, Sarath are you stationed in Kerala ?

Gopal.V

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Oh ! man, I shall start putting the full FDL below my mails (just joking :)

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