gEDA-dev: Newbie developer guidelines.

[Stuart Brorson]

>> In that case, I'd suggest that you look at Gnucap, one of gEDA's
>> analog circuit simulators.  Al, the main author, has his own vision of
>> what Gnucap needs; I figure it's up to him to suggest a project to
>> you.  But from my perspective, one of Gnucap's faults is that it needs
>> to have a built-in JFET model, or at least a plug-in similar to the
>> ones it must have for MOSFETs.  Gnucap is written in C++.  Maybe that
>> would be an interesting project?
>> 
> Went to the home page and saw the descriptions and to do list. Gnucap seems
> the right thing for me... Thanks a lot.. Where do I go from here?

You have a couple of options:

1.  E-mail Al Davis and ask him if he has any projects suitable for
you.  Maybe tell him a little bit about your skill level, interests,
etc.

2.  Alternately, just choose a project you think you'd like (for
example implementing JFET models), make it work, and then send Al the
patches.

The advantage to #1 is that you and Al are on teh same page from teh
beginning, and you are sure to be working on a project he is
interested in.  The disadvantage is that he might suggest something
you are not interested in.  Or he might not respond.

The advantage to #2 is that you can get your feet wet privately, to
see if you enjoy what you are doing, whether the code makes sense,
etc.  The disadvantage is that Al may be uninterested in your work,
and you won't find out until the end, when you send patches.

Have fun!

Stuart