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Brian | 7f80dc1 | 2007-10-31 09:44:01 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | <H1>Help Wanted / To-Do List</H1> |
Brian Paul | 0b27ace | 2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | |
| 11 | <p> |
Brian Paul | f901072 | 2005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | We can always use more help with the Mesa project. |
| 13 | Here are some specific ideas and areas where help would be appreciated: |
Brian Paul | 0b27ace | 2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | </p> |
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Brian Paul | f901072 | 2005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | <ol> |
Brian | 7f80dc1 | 2007-10-31 09:44:01 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | <li> |
Brian Paul | b6c41fd | 2009-01-22 09:58:52 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | <b>Driver patching and testing.</b> |
| 19 | Patches are often posted to the mesa3d-dev mailing list, but aren't |
| 20 | immediately checked into git because not enough people are testing them. |
| 21 | Just applying patches, testing and reporting back is helpful. |
| 22 | <li> |
| 23 | <b>Driver debugging.</b> |
| 24 | There are plenty of open bugs in the bug database. |
| 25 | <li> |
| 26 | <b>Remove aliasing warnings.</b> |
| 27 | Enable gcc -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -fstrict-aliasing and track down aliasing |
Brian | 7f80dc1 | 2007-10-31 09:44:01 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | issues in the code. |
| 29 | <li> |
Brian Paul | b6c41fd | 2009-01-22 09:58:52 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | <b>Windows driver building, testing and maintenance.</b> |
| 31 | The Visual Studio project files aren't always updated in a timely manner |
| 32 | when new source files are added or old ones are removed. |
| 33 | Fixing these tends to delay new Mesa releases. |
Brian | 7f80dc1 | 2007-10-31 09:44:01 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | <li> |
Brian Paul | b6c41fd | 2009-01-22 09:58:52 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | <b>Maintenance and testing of lesser-used drivers.</b> |
| 36 | Drivers such as DOS/DJGPP, GGI, etc that aren't being maintained are being |
| 37 | deprecated starting in Mesa 7.3. |
| 38 | <li> |
| 39 | <b>Contribute more tests to |
| 40 | <a href="http://glean.sourceforge.net/" target="_parent">glean</a>.</b> |
| 41 | <li> |
| 42 | <b>Automatic testing. |
| 43 | </b> |
| 44 | It would be great if someone would set up an automated system for grabbing |
| 45 | the latest Mesa code and run tests (such as glean) then report issues to |
| 46 | the mailing list. |
Brian Paul | f901072 | 2005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | </ol> |
Brian Paul | 0b27ace | 2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | |
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| 50 | <p> |
Brian Paul | b6c41fd | 2009-01-22 09:58:52 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | If you want to do something new in Mesa, first join the Mesa developer's |
Brian Paul | f901072 | 2005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | mailing list. |
| 53 | Then post a message to propose what you want to do, just to make sure |
| 54 | there's no issues. |
Brian Paul | 0b27ace | 2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 55 | </p> |
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| 57 | </p> |
Brian Paul | f901072 | 2005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | Anyone is welcome to contribute code to the Mesa project. |
| 59 | By doing so, it's assumed that you agree to the code's licensing terms. |
Brian Paul | 0b27ace | 2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 60 | </p> |
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| 62 | <p> |
Brian Paul | f901072 | 2005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | Finally: |
| 64 | <p> |
Brian Paul | 0b27ace | 2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | |
Brian Paul | 0b27ace | 2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 66 | <ol> |
Brian Paul | f901072 | 2005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | <li>Try to write high-quality code that follows the existing style. |
| 68 | <li>Use uniform indentation, write comments, use meaningful identifiers, etc. |
| 69 | <li>Test your code thoroughly. Include test programs if appropriate. |
Brian Paul | 0b27ace | 2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | </ol> |
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