Erik Faye-Lund | 4d06683 | 2020-06-12 20:09:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | Help Wanted |
| 2 | =========== |
| 3 | |
| 4 | We can always use more help with the Mesa project. Here are some |
| 5 | specific ideas and areas where help would be appreciated: |
| 6 | |
| 7 | #. **Driver patching and testing.** Patches are often posted to the |
| 8 | `mesa-dev mailing |
| 9 | list <https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev>`__, |
| 10 | but aren't immediately checked into git because not enough people are |
| 11 | testing them. Just applying patches, testing and reporting back is |
| 12 | helpful. |
| 13 | #. **Driver debugging.** There are plenty of open bugs in the `bug |
| 14 | database <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues>`__. |
| 15 | #. **Remove aliasing warnings.** Enable gcc's |
| 16 | ``-Wstrict-aliasing=2 -fstrict-aliasing`` arguments, and track down |
| 17 | aliasing issues in the code. |
Erik Faye-Lund | a71f08b | 2019-06-04 14:14:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | #. **Contribute more tests to** |
| 19 | `Piglit <https://piglit.freedesktop.org/>`__. |
Erik Faye-Lund | 4d06683 | 2020-06-12 20:09:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | |
| 21 | You can find some further To-do lists here: |
| 22 | |
| 23 | **Common To-Do lists:** |
| 24 | |
Erik Faye-Lund | a71f08b | 2019-06-04 14:14:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | - `features.txt <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/blob/master/docs/features.txt>`__ |
Erik Faye-Lund | 4d06683 | 2020-06-12 20:09:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | - Status of OpenGL 3.x / 4.x features in Mesa. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | **Legacy Driver specific To-Do lists:** |
| 29 | |
Erik Faye-Lund | a71f08b | 2019-06-04 14:14:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | - `r600g <https://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/R600ToDo>`__ - Driver |
Erik Faye-Lund | 4d06683 | 2020-06-12 20:09:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | for ATI/AMD R600 - Northern Island. |
Erik Faye-Lund | a71f08b | 2019-06-04 14:14:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | - `r300g <https://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/R300ToDo>`__ - Driver |
Erik Faye-Lund | 4d06683 | 2020-06-12 20:09:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | for ATI R300 - R500. |
| 34 | |
| 35 | If you want to do something new in Mesa, first join the Mesa developer's |
| 36 | mailing list. Then post a message to propose what you want to do, just |
| 37 | to make sure there's no issues. |
| 38 | |
| 39 | Anyone is welcome to contribute code to the Mesa project. By doing so, |
| 40 | it's assumed that you agree to the code's licensing terms. |
| 41 | |
| 42 | Finally: |
| 43 | |
| 44 | #. Try to write high-quality code that follows the existing style. |
| 45 | #. Use uniform indentation, write comments, use meaningful identifiers, |
| 46 | etc. |
| 47 | #. Test your code thoroughly. Include test programs if appropriate. |