It seems that the tor Doxygen isn't published anywhere? From this http://www.bitchx.com/log/tor-o/tor-o-25-May-2010/tor-o-25-May-2010-00.php
it looks like it hasn't been kept up to date. Maybe that would be a good first step? Getting the doxygen up to date and in a publicly accessible place? On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 3:27 PM, casey dunham <casey.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Right, so the methodology used in keeping the code doc updated is important. > > Also, it wouldn't have to be a tome to start with. I think it would be > handy just to describe some of the high level functionality like you > just did earlier. So when someone wants to get started with looking at > the code they can at least get a high level overview of where things > live and how they interact. > > Keeping in mind that nothing is ever going to replace just rolling up > your sleeves and diving in, but at least you wouldn't have to dive in > blindfolded. In my experience every code base has a lot of code that > while important, most people don't really need to look at or touch to > be productive. > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Nick Mathewson <ni...@freehaven.net> wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 8:27 AM, casey dunham <casey.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I've got a bunch of notes from perusing the source code trying to >>> understand it. >>> >>> It sounds like it would be a great project for someone that is just >>> getting into Tor and already knows C (I hope I didn't just volunteer >>> myself for the project...) >>> >>> My question would be, how likely is it that the architecture that you >>> just described would be changing anytime soon? >> >> No guarantees, I'm afraid, but fortunately (?) the rate of change is >> limited to how fast people can code. Anybody who's interested in >> trying to do something like this would either need to resign >> themselves to an ongoing process of keeping their work up to date, or >> resign themselves to having it become out-of-date as development moves >> on. >> _______________________________________________ >> tor-talk mailing list >> tor-talk@lists.torproject.org >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk >> > _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
