Re: I would like to become a co-maintainer for xboard

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Jesus, we aren't looking for co-maintainers anymore. Sorry we didn't get
that listing removed.

XBoard is not a good project to get started on GNU contributions. It is not
dead, but there is *very* little work being done on it or even on the to-do
list. And the current maintainers don't have time to mentor new folks who
have minimal coding experience -- no offense intended! You would do better
to find a very active project.

On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 6:51=E2=80=AFAM W. Kosior <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello Jesus!
>
> > I've been a GNU/Linux user for about 2 years. I've always loved the GNU
> > project and I've always wanted to contribute to it, So I decided to tak=
e
> > a look at the GNU Website to find any unmaintained software or any that
> > need assistance and I found xboard. I have minimal coding experience bu=
t
> > I am willing to learn. I am also looking to improve my hands on
> > experience with technology and programming as a whole. So I would be
> > glad to help out with this project.
>
> Thank you for your reaching out.  You can consider joining the
> bug-xboard [1] and xboard-devel [2] mailing lists.  I am now also
> CC-ing the latter to let current maintainers know that you volunteer to
> help.
>
> [1] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-xboard
> [2] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/xboard-devel
>
> Best!
> Wojtek
>
> PS. Sorry for the late reply -- I was preparing for a thesis defence
>     when you wrote and had an international trip afterwards.
>
> --
> W. Kosior
>
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>
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:53:56 -0500
> Jesus Quinones <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I've been a GNU/Linux user for about 2 years. I've always loved the GNU
> > project and I've always wanted to contribute to it, So I decided to tak=
e
> > a look at the GNU Website to find any unmaintained software or any that
> > need assistance and I found xboard. I have minimal coding experience bu=
t
> > I am willing to learn. I am also looking to improve my hands on
> > experience with technology and programming as a whole. So I would be
> > glad to help out with this project.
> >
> >
>
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Jesus, we aren&#39;t looking for co-maintainers anymore. S=
orry we didn&#39;t get that listing removed.<div><br></div><div>XBoard is n=
ot a good project to get started on GNU contributions. It is not dead, but =
there is <i>very</i>=C2=A0little work being done on it or even on the to-do=
 list. And the current maintainers don&#39;t have time to mentor new folks =
who have minimal coding experience -- no offense intended! You would do bet=
ter to find a very active project.</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote=
 gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Sep 2=
8, 2025 at 6:51=E2=80=AFAM W. Kosior &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padd=
ing-left:1ex">Hello Jesus!<br>
<br>
&gt; I&#39;ve been a GNU/Linux user for about 2 years. I&#39;ve always love=
d the GNU <br>
&gt; project and I&#39;ve always wanted to contribute to it, So I decided t=
o take <br>
&gt; a look at the GNU Website to find any unmaintained software or any tha=
t <br>
&gt; need assistance and I found xboard. I have minimal coding experience b=
ut <br>
&gt; I am willing to learn. I am also looking to improve my hands on <br>
&gt; experience with technology and programming as a whole. So I would be <=
br>
&gt; glad to help out with this project.<br>
<br>
Thank you for your reaching out.=C2=A0 You can consider joining the<br>
bug-xboard [1] and xboard-devel [2] mailing lists.=C2=A0 I am now also<br>
CC-ing the latter to let current maintainers know that you volunteer to<br>
help.<br>
<br>
[1] <a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-xboard" rel=3D"no=
referrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-xboa=
rd</a><br>
[2] <a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/xboard-devel" rel=3D"=
noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/xboard=
-devel</a><br>
<br>
Best!<br>
Wojtek<br>
<br>
PS. Sorry for the late reply -- I was preparing for a thesis defence<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 when you wrote and had an international trip afterwards.<br>
<br>
--<br>
W. Kosior<br>
<br>
website: <a href=3D"https://koszko.org/koszko.html" rel=3D"noreferrer" targ=
et=3D"_blank">https://koszko.org/koszko.html</a><br>
fediverse: <a href=3D"https://friendica.me/profile/koszko/profile" rel=3D"n=
oreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://friendica.me/profile/koszko/profile</a=
><br>
PGP fingerprint: E972 7060 E3C5 637C 8A4F=C2=A0 4B42 4BC5 221C 5A79 FD1A<br=
>
<br>
<br>
On Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:53:56 -0500<br>
Jesus Quinones &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_bla=
nk">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; I&#39;ve been a GNU/Linux user for about 2 years. I&#39;ve always love=
d the GNU <br>
&gt; project and I&#39;ve always wanted to contribute to it, So I decided t=
o take <br>
&gt; a look at the GNU Website to find any unmaintained software or any tha=
t <br>
&gt; need assistance and I found xboard. I have minimal coding experience b=
ut <br>
&gt; I am willing to learn. I am also looking to improve my hands on <br>
&gt; experience with technology and programming as a whole. So I would be <=
br>
&gt; glad to help out with this project.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>

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