[mythtv] thoughts about the "mythtv sucks" comments... " was "video sources"
hendrixski
hendrixski at storsint.com
Fri Nov 30 02:22:19 UTC 2007
Stuart Morgan wrote:
> hendrixski wrote:
>
>>> The problem isn't that MythTV has dozens of developers waiting for good
>>> ideas to implement, it's the opposite, there are hundreds of ideas and
>>> tickets to be worked on but only a handful of people willing or able to
>>> spend their time working on it.
>>>
>> If the problem is that there are not enough core developers in Mythtv,
>> then what is being done to recruit and train new ones?
>>
> Anyone can become a contributor (or developer without
> commit access). Just starting writing bug fixes or new features.
>
>
:-) Yup, and I'm working on such a contribution with someone else right
now. If I may politely re-pose my question, I was asking more about the
amount of _outreach_ for finding new developers and contributors, and
for fostering talent.
Would an outreach program like training events for newbies, or
structured seminars for existing contributors, and a mentoring program
to turn contributors into core devs, solve the problem of "too many good
ideas not enough implementors"? Is there already something like that?
The point is... I would benefit if there were a structured class or
group-tutorial session on how to make better mythtv contributions, and
I'd like to know if such educational options exist. Because
Google/lists/IRC only gets you so far.
:-) hope that doesn't sound silly :-)
> For a list of major contributors see: http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/wiki/GoToDev
> and http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Category:MythDevelopers
>
:-) Sweet. Thanks. That's pretty helpful to know, because it's kind of
putting a few recent posts into perspective for me. :-)
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