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

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> XBoard is not a good project to get started on GNU contributions. It is n=
ot
> 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.

As to which GNU package is the most actively developed these days:
I think it could be GNU Guix [1].  While you might find it hard to
contribute with little programming experience, there is a high chance
you'll at least get some advice on IRC [3] or the help-guix [2] mailing
list.

[1] https://guix.gnu.org/
[2] https://guix.gnu.org/en/contact/irc/
[3] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-guix

Best!

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On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:38:53 -0700
Tim Mann <[email protected]> wrote:

> Jesus, we aren't looking for co-maintainers anymore. Sorry we didn't get
> that listing removed.
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> XBoard is not a good project to get started on GNU contributions. It is n=
ot
> 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.
>=20
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 6:51=E2=80=AFAM W. Kosior <[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
> > Hello Jesus!
> > =20
> > > I've been a GNU/Linux user for about 2 years. I've always loved the G=
NU
> > > project and I've always wanted to contribute to it, So I decided to t=
ake
> > > a look at the GNU Website to find any unmaintained software or any th=
at
> > > need assistance and I found xboard. I have minimal coding experience =
but
> > > 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. =20
> >
> > 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
> >
> > website: https://koszko.org/koszko.html
> > fediverse: https://friendica.me/profile/koszko/profile
> > PGP fingerprint: E972 7060 E3C5 637C 8A4F  4B42 4BC5 221C 5A79 FD1A
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:53:56 -0500
> > Jesus Quinones <[email protected]> wrote:
> > =20
> > > I've been a GNU/Linux user for about 2 years. I've always loved the G=
NU
> > > project and I've always wanted to contribute to it, So I decided to t=
ake
> > > a look at the GNU Website to find any unmaintained software or any th=
at
> > > need assistance and I found xboard. I have minimal coding experience =
but
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > =20
> >
> >
> > =20



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