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Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]9
Andreas Bollecd5c7c2012-06-12 09:05:03 +0200[diff] [blame]10<h1>Help Wanted / To-Do List</h1>
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]11
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Brian Paulf9010722005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000[diff] [blame]13We can always use more help with the Mesa project.
14Here are some specific ideas and areas where help would be appreciated:
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Brian Paulf9010722005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000[diff] [blame]17<ol>
Brian7f80dc12007-10-31 09:44:01 -0600[diff] [blame]18<li>
Brian Paulb6c41fd2009-01-22 09:58:52 -0700[diff] [blame]19<b>Driver patching and testing.</b>
Andreas Boll24eebf42012-06-25 21:54:08 +0200[diff] [blame]20Patches are often posted to the <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev" target="_parent">mesa-dev mailing list</a>, but aren't
Brian Paulb6c41fd2009-01-22 09:58:52 -0700[diff] [blame]21immediately checked into git because not enough people are testing them.
22Just applying patches, testing and reporting back is helpful.
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24<b>Driver debugging.</b>
Andreas Boll24eebf42012-06-25 21:54:08 +0200[diff] [blame]25There are plenty of open bugs in the <a href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Mesa" target="_parent">bug database</a>.
Brian Paulb6c41fd2009-01-22 09:58:52 -0700[diff] [blame]26<li>
27<b>Remove aliasing warnings.</b>
28Enable gcc -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -fstrict-aliasing and track down aliasing
Brian7f80dc12007-10-31 09:44:01 -0600[diff] [blame]29issues in the code.
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Brian Paulb6c41fd2009-01-22 09:58:52 -0700[diff] [blame]31<b>Windows driver building, testing and maintenance.</b>
Andreas Boll24eebf42012-06-25 21:54:08 +0200[diff] [blame]32Fixing MSVC builds.
Brian7f80dc12007-10-31 09:44:01 -0600[diff] [blame]33<li>
Brian Paulb6c41fd2009-01-22 09:58:52 -0700[diff] [blame]34<b>Contribute more tests to
Andreas Boll102617b2012-08-06 21:38:28 +0200[diff] [blame]35<a href="http://piglit.freedesktop.org/" target="_parent">Piglit</a>.</b>
Brian Paulb6c41fd2009-01-22 09:58:52 -0700[diff] [blame]36<li>
37<b>Automatic testing.
38</b>
39It would be great if someone would set up an automated system for grabbing
Andreas Boll24eebf42012-06-25 21:54:08 +0200[diff] [blame]40the latest Mesa code and run tests (such as piglit) then report issues to
Brian Paulb6c41fd2009-01-22 09:58:52 -0700[diff] [blame]41the mailing list.
Brian Paulf9010722005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000[diff] [blame]42</ol>
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]43
Andreas Bolld9d84062012-06-26 20:47:05 +0200[diff] [blame]44<p>
45You can find some further To-do lists here:
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47<ul>
48 <li><a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/tree/docs/GL3.txt"
49 target="_parent"><b>GL3.txt</b></a></li>
50 <li><a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/tree/src/gallium/docs/llvm-todo.txt"
51 target="_parent"><b>LLVMpipe - todo</b></a></li>
52 <li><a href="http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/MissingFunctionality"
53 target="_parent"><b>MissingFunctionality</b></a></li>
Andreas Boll3e206052012-08-28 17:28:20 +0200[diff] [blame]54 <li><a href="http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/RadeonsiToDo"
55 target="_parent"><b>RadeonsiToDo</b></a></li>
Andreas Boll933e13e2012-08-06 21:38:27 +0200[diff] [blame]56 <li><a href="http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/R600ToDo"
57 target="_parent"><b>R600ToDo</b></a></li>
Andreas Bolld9d84062012-06-26 20:47:05 +0200[diff] [blame]58 <li><a href="http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/R300ToDo"
59 target="_parent"><b>R300ToDo</b></a></li>
Andreas Boll933e13e2012-08-06 21:38:27 +0200[diff] [blame]60 <li><a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/tree/src/gallium/drivers/i915/TODO"
61 target="_parent"><b>i915g TODO</b></a></li>
Andreas Bolld9d84062012-06-26 20:47:05 +0200[diff] [blame]62</ul>
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]63
64<p>
Brian Paulb6c41fd2009-01-22 09:58:52 -0700[diff] [blame]65If you want to do something new in Mesa, first join the Mesa developer's
Brian Paulf9010722005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000[diff] [blame]66mailing list.
67Then post a message to propose what you want to do, just to make sure
68there's no issues.
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]69</p>
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Andreas Bolldf2be222012-06-12 09:05:22 +0200[diff] [blame]71<p>
Brian Paulf9010722005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000[diff] [blame]72Anyone is welcome to contribute code to the Mesa project.
73By doing so, it's assumed that you agree to the code's licensing terms.
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]74</p>
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Brian Paulf9010722005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000[diff] [blame]77Finally:
Andreas Bolldf2be222012-06-12 09:05:22 +0200[diff] [blame]78</p>
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]79
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]80<ol>
Brian Paulf9010722005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000[diff] [blame]81<li>Try to write high-quality code that follows the existing style.
82<li>Use uniform indentation, write comments, use meaningful identifiers, etc.
83<li>Test your code thoroughly. Include test programs if appropriate.
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]84</ol>
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