Re: [swift-dev] Pathway to becoming an effective contributor

2017-07-11 Thread Halen Wooten via swift-dev
Hi folks, Here are a summary of what we've discussed and my proposal for a next step: ## Compiler tips - The LLVM infrastructure docs are valid for Swift as well, and this includes LIT testing. Reading over those will help with understanding the Swift codebase. - You can invoke lit directly for r

Re: [swift-dev] Pathway to becoming an effective contributor

2017-06-22 Thread Halen Wooten via swift-dev
This thread is a wonderful collection of information. I'm going to be away from my computer for a few days, but I'm going to review all of this and make a list of next action steps that we can take. Thanks for all the insight! On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Michael Gottesman wrote: > >> On Ju

Re: [swift-dev] Pathway to becoming an effective contributor

2017-06-22 Thread Michael Gottesman via swift-dev
> On Jun 22, 2017, at 12:32 AM, Jacob Bandes-Storch via swift-dev > wrote: > > Hi, > I’ve thought about this issue in the past too, and would be happy to help > write some content or at least proofread / contribute tidbits to a guide for > new developers. > > As pointed out in this thread, a

Re: [swift-dev] Pathway to becoming an effective contributor

2017-06-22 Thread Michael Gottesman via swift-dev
> On Jun 20, 2017, at 12:37 PM, Halen Wooten via swift-dev > wrote: > > Hi, > > I would like to start a discussion about getting started with the > Swift Compiler. The end goal is to see if there are ways we can help > newcomers to the compiler get started and more quickly grow into a > more e

Re: [swift-dev] Pathway to becoming an effective contributor

2017-06-22 Thread Jacob Bandes-Storch via swift-dev
Hi, I’ve thought about this issue in the past too, and would be happy to help write some content or at least proofread / contribute tidbits to a guide for new developers. As pointed out in this thread, a lot of Swift infrastructure and paradigms comes from the LLVM community, but spelling that out

Re: [swift-dev] Pathway to becoming an effective contributor

2017-06-21 Thread Natthan Leong via swift-dev
I was not aware of the 'ninja' commands as I have always been using the documented utils/build-script. Thank you for sharing tips from your development workflow too. I will try it out! Cheers, Nate github.com/contraultra mastodon.social/@contraultra > On Jun 21, 2017, at 2:25 PM, Slava Pestov w

Re: [swift-dev] Pathway to becoming an effective contributor

2017-06-21 Thread Slava Pestov via swift-dev
> On Jun 21, 2017, at 2:12 PM, Natthan Leong via swift-dev > wrote: > > Hi, > > As someone who also recently started contributing, I was surprised to discover > how much computing power was needed to build Swift. My first few build > attempts > on a mid-2014 rMBP took more than an hour with 1

Re: [swift-dev] Pathway to becoming an effective contributor

2017-06-21 Thread Natthan Leong via swift-dev
> On Jun 20, 2017, at 12:37 PM, Halen Wooten via swift-dev swift.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > I would like to start a discussion about getting started with the > Swift Compiler. The end goal is to see if there are ways we can help > newcomers to the compiler get started and more quickly grow into a > m

Re: [swift-dev] Pathway to becoming an effective contributor

2017-06-20 Thread Greg Parker via swift-dev
> On Jun 20, 2017, at 12:37 PM, Halen Wooten via swift-dev > wrote: > > Hi, > > I would like to start a discussion about getting started with the > Swift Compiler. The end goal is to see if there are ways we can help > newcomers to the compiler get started and more quickly grow into a > more e

Re: [swift-dev] Pathway to becoming an effective contributor

2017-06-20 Thread Adrian Prantl via swift-dev
> On Jun 20, 2017, at 12:37 PM, Halen Wooten via swift-dev > wrote: > > Hi, > > I would like to start a discussion about getting started with the > Swift Compiler. The end goal is to see if there are ways we can help > newcomers to the compiler get started and more quickly grow into a > more e

Re: [swift-dev] Pathway to becoming an effective contributor

2017-06-20 Thread Halen Wooten via swift-dev
Of course I find the doc that mentions lit testing as soon as I send this. The other questions (and my offer to assist with documentation) still remain. Halen On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Halen Wooten wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to start a discussion about getting started with the > Swift