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| author | Radosław Kujawa <radoslaw.kujawa@c0ff33.net> | 2026-07-17 14:54:32 +0200 |
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| committer | Radosław Kujawa <radoslaw.kujawa@c0ff33.net> | 2026-07-17 14:54:32 +0200 |
| commit | 2702c90d7a39fca2a3319c5e915fd290cb31fc70 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/docs/helpwanted.html b/docs/helpwanted.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b9434d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/helpwanted.html @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +<HTML> + +<TITLE>Help Wanted</TITLE> + +<BODY text="#000000" bgcolor="#55bbff" link="#111188"> + +<H1>Help Wanted</H1> + +<p> +We can always use more help with the Mesa project. Here are some +specific areas. If you think you can help out, post to the mesa3d-dev +mailing list. +</p> + +<ul> +<li>Windows 98/NT build/driver maintenance and testing (Karl Schultz has been + doing a great job of this lately) +<li>DOS/DJGPP build/driver maintenance and testing +<li>GGI driver/build maintenance and testing +<li>GNU autoconfig/libtool maintenance (esp. on non-Linux systems) +<li>x86, SSE, 3DNow! and SPARC assembly language programming +<li>Implement WGL font functions in the WGL interface code +<li>Implement off-screen bitmap rendering support in the WGL interface code +<li>Help with writing/testing the new NV_fragment_program extension code +<li>Implement the ARB_vertex/fragment extensions +<li>Download/compile/test Mesa and report any bugs found +</ul> + + +<p> +If you want to help with Mesa, first join the Mesa developer's +mailing list. Then post a message explaining what you might like +to help with. The Mesa web page has a list of a few work items +which you may consider. +</p> + +</p> +Anyone is welcome to contribute code to the Mesa project, provided you +agree to the copyright terms of the relevant code. See the COPYRIGHT +file. +</p> + +<p> +Unfortunately, all the easy work in Mesa was done years ago. Nowadays, the +work is rather complicated and not suited to beginners. +</p> + +<p> +If you're contribution code to the Mesa library itself: +<p> +<ol> +<li>Try to write clean code (uniform indentation, comments, meaningful + identifiers, etc). It must be readable and maintainable! + +<li>Test your code. On several occations I've incorporated code from + users which later turned out to have bugs. Now, I'm pretty hesitant + to use code which doesn't look good. +</ol> + + +</BODY> +</HTML> |