Re: I would like to become a co-maintainer for xboard
Jesus Quinones <[email protected]> Tue, 30 Sep 2025 23:04:53 -0500
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------V0WQHvUXMUfqgf5KhIcA3mos Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Okay thank you so much, now I have a option to formally start contributing. Thanks for you're time man honestly helps out. On 9/30/25 2:14 AM, W. Kosior wrote: >> 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. > 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! > > -- > 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 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. >> >> 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 AM 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 take >>>> 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 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. >>> 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: >>> >>>> 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 take >>>> 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 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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> > --------------V0WQHvUXMUfqgf5KhIcA3mos Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body> <p><font size="4">Okay thank you so much, now I have a option to formally start contributing. Thanks for you're time man honestly helps out.</font></p> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/30/25 2:14 AM, W. Kosior wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:[email protected]"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">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. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre"> 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] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://guix.gnu.org/">https://guix.gnu.org/</a> [2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://guix.gnu.org/en/contact/irc/">https://guix.gnu.org/en/contact/irc/</a> [3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-guix">https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-guix</a> Best! -- W. Kosior website: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://koszko.org/koszko.html">https://koszko.org/koszko.html</a> fediverse: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://friendica.me/profile/koszko/profile">https://friendica.me/profile/koszko/profile</a> PGP fingerprint: E972 7060 E3C5 637C 8A4F 4B42 4BC5 221C 5A79 FD1A On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:38:53 -0700 Tim Mann <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]"><[email protected]></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">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 AM W. Kosior <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]"><[email protected]></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">Hello Jesus! </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">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 take 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 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. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre"> 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] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-xboard">https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-xboard</a> [2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/xboard-devel">https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/xboard-devel</a> 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: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://koszko.org/koszko.html">https://koszko.org/koszko.html</a> fediverse: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://friendica.me/profile/koszko/profile">https://friendica.me/profile/koszko/profile</a> PGP fingerprint: E972 7060 E3C5 637C 8A4F 4B42 4BC5 221C 5A79 FD1A On Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:53:56 -0500 Jesus Quinones <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]"><[email protected]></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">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 take 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 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. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre"> </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre"> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html> --------------V0WQHvUXMUfqgf5KhIcA3mos--