Re: Turkish makam (and beyond) contribution(s) to Lilypond

[Karlin High]

On 11/22/2018 3:25 PM, Adam Good wrote:
> I need guidance from someone here to make it happen, like
> a mentor as mentioned in the contributor guide. Would a developer be
> willing to help me?

I think currently, your mentor will be the lilypond-devel list.

<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2018-11/msg00017.html>

I'd say follow the Contributor Guide instructions for submitting a patch 
for code review, and your mentor for that particular patch will be 
whichever of the most-frequent contributors takes the most interest in it.

If someone plans to be a major, ongoing contributor to the project, I 
think having a single mentor would be the way to go.

For someone like me, contributing just one patch ever, it's worked out 
well to follow the Contributor Guide instructions and ask this list for 
help as needed.

Following the list has also been helpful; no way can I understand the 
discussions on the finer points of C++ or Scheme, but I'd like to think 
it does help me stay in touch with how to work with the community. It 
also gives me an idea of which of the main developers have what skills, 
and which ones are most likely to match my style of work and communication.

To contribute a patch, getting accounts for the SourceForge issue 
tracker and Rietveld code review isn't hard. I don't ever plan to get 
Git commit access unless not having that is causing someone else a big 
inconvenience. My skill with Git isn't enough to let me fully understand 
the effects of my actions. I'm quite happy to attach a review-complete 
patch to the issue tracker and let someone else apply it.
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Karlin High
Missouri, USA