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2005-01-20 03:55:10 +00:00
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2003-03-08 17:38:57 +00:00
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<H1>Help Wanted</H1>
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<p>
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We can always use more help with the Mesa project. Here are some
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specific areas. If you think you can help out, post to the mesa3d-dev
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mailing list.
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Windows 98/NT build/driver maintenance and testing (Karl Schultz has been
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doing a great job of this lately)
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<li>DOS/DJGPP build/driver maintenance and testing
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<li>GGI driver/build maintenance and testing
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<li>GNU autoconfig/libtool maintenance (esp. on non-Linux systems)
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<li>x86, SSE, 3DNow! and SPARC assembly language programming
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<li>Implement WGL font functions in the WGL interface code
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<li>Implement off-screen bitmap rendering support in the WGL interface code
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<li>Help with writing/testing the new NV_fragment_program extension code
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<li>Implement the ARB_vertex/fragment extensions
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<li>Download/compile/test Mesa and report any bugs found
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</ul>
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<p>
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If you want to help with Mesa, first join the Mesa developer's
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mailing list. Then post a message explaining what you might like
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to help with. The Mesa web page has a list of a few work items
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which you may consider.
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</p>
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Anyone is welcome to contribute code to the Mesa project, provided you
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agree to the copyright terms of the relevant code. See the COPYRIGHT
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file.
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</p>
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<p>
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Unfortunately, all the easy work in Mesa was done years ago. Nowadays, the
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work is rather complicated and not suited to beginners.
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</p>
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<p>
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If you're contribution code to the Mesa library itself:
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<ol>
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<li>Try to write clean code (uniform indentation, comments, meaningful
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identifiers, etc). It must be readable and maintainable!
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<li>Test your code. On several occations I've incorporated code from
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users which later turned out to have bugs. Now, I'm pretty hesitant
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to use code which doesn't look good.
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