Re: Are C++ contributions welcome?

From: Jose María Gómez Vergara <josemaria@jmgv.org>
Date: Jun 20, 2008, 16:20 UTC
Message-ID: <200806201820.54585.josemaria@jmgv.org>
In-Reply-To: <200806201811.01444.josemaria@jmgv.org>

Before starting, do you have any preference for Qt or Gtk in Git. I feel quite confortable with both of them.

Qt . C++ GPL Gtk+. C - LGPL

The quality is good for both of them

On Friday 20 June 2008 18:11:01 Jose María Gómez Vergara wrote:

> Good that is a really good news because I really like doing front-ends and
> GUI applications. I will take care of this.
>

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> On Friday 20 June 2008 17:59:09 Martin Langhoff wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Johannes Schindelin
> >
> > <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > >> I don't feel comfortable programing in C and I prefer C++ only because
> > >> I have more experience using this one. May I contribute to this
> > >> project in that language?.
> >
> > if you have UI/Win32 experience, a good friendly UI for newcomers to
> > GIT is something we are lacking. Johannes got started with git-cheetah
> > a while ago, and there is a similar project called TortoiseHg, either
> > might be a good starting point.
> >
> > As Jakub noted, C++ is a reasonably good fit for UIs, and we are
> > lacking those. We have a fantastic team of people doing C work on the
> > core of git, and noone on GUIs. So I'd say yes, C++/UI help is
> > something we need 'round here :-)
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> >
> >
> > m
>
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