What it seems to come down to is a lack of initiative. We are all
willing to wait until someone else does something for us, and then
report on the problems. But it's hard to start something and push it
out there. First, you expose yourself to criticism and bug reports.
You might feel uncomfortable about your code. Don't. Don't worry about
those things. We the community as a whole will be much more grateful
for your efforts in making the project better than insulting you for
mistakes or "ugly" code. We can work on minor issues like that.
Especially if everyone is helping.
There are two things that I want everyone to consider helping with.
First, look at my post on using Github (and use whatever Git-supported
service you prefer) to help develop, add features, and fix bugs in
branches. I can then pull them into the master branch easily. Second,
I have started to build a Coding Guide on our GNU Radio Wiki
(http://gnuradio.org/redmine/wiki/gnuradio/Coding_guide). It's very
basic right now, but we can pull in the text that is in
README.hacking, too. I find, and I think others do as well, that
getting information in the form of a webpage is preferable to a text
file. We can use this space to iterate and evolve our style, and then
hopefully (over time) backtrack and improve the existing code that we
find lacking.
If we can get your help for stuff big and small, I really think we can
start to see us making the project even better than it is now.
Thanks for your time,
Tom
Having been a contributor of both new-content and bug-fixes and
"sidecars" (like build-gnuradio), I can attest that the experience is very
rewarding. I only regret that I can't spend more time on making Gnu
Radio better. Between my full-time job, and spending my
"spare" (ha!) time *using* Gnu Radio for actual applications work, I
find I have less time for bug-fixing/contributing than I used to.
The Josh object is amazing, to be sure. But even an energetic young
whipper-snapper like Josh can't keep from burnout forever.
So, those of you who feel competent to contribute, and have been
holding back, JUST DO IT :-)
--
Marcus Leech
Principal Investigator
Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium
http://www.sbrac.org
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