Am So., 5. Jan. 2020 um 14:20 Uhr schrieb Peter Toye <lilyp...@ptoye.com>: > > Saturday, January 4, 2020, 6:46:56 PM, you wrote: > > > Am Sa., 4. Jan. 2020 um 16:44 Uhr schrieb Peter > > Toye <lilyp...@ptoye.com>: > > > Well, coding new functionality is only one possibility. > > ...and debugging someone else's code is even worse. Especially in a language > I dn't speak fluently. > But I'm really not familiar in any detail with the whole patching process, > whether or not I use git directly or via LilyDev and/or lily-git and/or > git-cl (the relationship between these components is a bit pobscure to me).
git-cl is a different tool > And even when I've worked out exactly what text/code needs to go where, Once you've access to the source-files then many parts fall into the right place automatically, at least I hope so ;) > there's the business of submitting it. CG section 3 says at the head "Send > patch files to the appropriate place:". Using git-cl will do the job for you. > But I don't have an official mentor (How does one get one? Ask for one here?), Well, the idea of mentoring is a very nice one. As far as I can tell it never worked really. Though, you'll get always support here. At least as long as people are available. Speaking only for me, tomorrow my winter-break ends, meaning I'll have less time for LilyPond. > nor am I an "experienced developer" in any way. I imagine you are. I'm not a programmer, and I never got any formal lessons on it, i.e. I'm an autodidact. > Also, I'm a Linux newbie - still trying to get my head around the whole > 'container' concept. There seem to be a number of different container > management systems: Docker and LXC to name but two. Does it matter which one > I use? My system is systemd-free (on purpose), and the instructions you > pointed out to me earlier imply that I should have it. Is this a show-stopper? Don't know. I hope Federico does. cc-ing him. > > > Sometimes there are typos/grammar/syntax to correct. > > That's slightly more my line. > > > Furthermore, our documentation always needs people working on it. > > Not being a native speaker I often hesitate > > doing so myself and if I > > try, it's a major task for me... > > You could have kidded me - I think your English is at least as good as mine. >Well, I have some practise in _writing_ mails, but you never heard my _spoken_ >english ;) Cheers, Harm
