Re: Intro

[Konstantinos Poulios]

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Søren Hauberg <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi and Welcome!
>
> tir, 08 03 2011 kl. 20:56 -0800, skrev Jim Curry:
>
>> I'm a good programmer in C/C++.  I'm mostly interested in numerical
>> computations, but can do what's necessary.  Usually I am producing
>> quick and dirty software to get answers quickly, verify them, and get
>> on.  So, lots of my code isn't tight---although I can make it tight.
>>
>>
>> I am entirely new to the free software world.  It seems that it might
>> be possible for me to contribute something useful to Octave, but I'm
>> entirely new.  I don't know what is being done and what is currently
>> on the back burner.  I was going to give some logarithm and
>> exponential functions to MPF?, but they seem to have some
>> already---don't actually need more.
>>
>>
>> If you might suggest a starting point, I would be happy to go away and
>> slog some code until I had something to give you---for free, of
>> course.
>>
>>
>> If you don't need any help, I understand.
>
> We always need more help improving Octave. It seems like every time we
> improve something, we also raise peoples expectations, meaning they get
> more disappointed (or at least yell louder). So your help would be
> valued!
>
> Regarding what to contribute, we have a (kinda boring) standard answer:
> what would you like to work on? You can find an entire list of
> suggestions at
>
>  http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?Projects
>
> but if you have other ideas, then they are most likely also very
> welcome. If you have an idea on what to contribute, then tell us on this
> list. That way others can provide input early on, which makes your
> contribution more likely to get accepted. I should warn you: sometimes
> discussions here can seem a bit pedantic, but that's because we have to
> maintain a lot of code, so we need to get it in a good shape from day
> one.
>
> Good luck :-)
> Søren
>
>
>

Octave's bug tracker https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=octave is
another point where one could start, trying to fix a bug is also a
nice way of getting familiar with the source code.

Kostas