[GNC-dev] Wiki enable Maths extensions

[David Cousens]

Hi Steve,

If you want to contibute the best start is to joint the GnuCash Dev and GnuCash User mailing lists 
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists as suggested

The mailing lists are also accessible via a Nabble web interface which I find easier to use than email but that is a
personal preference. 

http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/. 

One thing that is not obvious is you need to register separately for the mailing lists and the Nabble interface
otherwise your posts end up in moderation limbo for a time. Same credentials seems to work OK. If you are replying by
email the use the Reply to All or Reply to List to make sure posts reach the list so that all the list contributors can
see and respond.  The Dev list doesn't have a lot of traffic at times, usually increases around a rlease. I think a lot
of main developers also use the IRC channel regularly.

The GnuCash code can be daunting to find your way round at first. I have found Sourcetrail useful in that regard for
finding linked code in the different sections. Code documentation is fairly sparse.

Are you using GnuCash as a user? That may help with some familiararity with the terminolgy. If not 
http://www.gnucash.org/docs.phtml will give you an introduction

The Wiki has a development page which links some other information relevant for the process. 
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Development
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Development_Process

The core developers at the moment are Geert Janssens, John Ralls and Derek Atkins. There is also a list of the
historical developers somewhere in the code base. Some are still actively working on the code.

There is also a documentation team and a separate github repository for the docs.

Good luck

David Cousens



On Tue, 2018-12-18 at 01:26 +0000, Steve Aldrich wrote:
> Hi David, My name is Steve Aldrich. I am a software engineer with about 30 years of experience. I have a bachelor's
> and master's degree in computer science. I am able to help with the gnu cash development.
> I looked on the web and one reccomendation was "get on a mailing list and see what's happening." So, I did that, and
> that's how I got your name. I don't really follow anything that is discussed. 
> 
> Here's the bottom line. If anyone wants a very good programmer to help out I can do that. I've written programs since
> the 70s and used everything from Ada to Xerces.
> 
> Please let me know if anyone can give me some kind of assignment or help me find a place to contribute. 
> Feel free to pass this note along to anyone else in the chain.
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve Aldrich
> Bozeman MT, USA
> 
> On Sunday, December 16, 2018, 8:46:03 PM MST, David Cousens <davidcousens at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi 
> 
> Could some one with the appropriate authorization possibly add the Wiki
> Media Maths extension to the server? 
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math/advancedSettings
> 
> I am using a bit of maths to describe setting up non interest bearing loans
> and it is proving difficult to layout in just HTML
> 
> Thanks
> 
> David Cousens
> 
> 
> 
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