Re: Are C++ contributions welcome?

From: Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 20, 2008, 15:59 UTC
Message-ID: <46a038f90806200859r520d0593q367d6625a240595a@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0806201400550.6439@racer>

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,

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