[Mesa-dev] Regarding X.Org Endless Vacation of Code

[Timothy Arceri]

On Tue, 2015-04-28 at 04:28 +0530, Anish Kanchan wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I am a final year Computer Engineering student from Sardar Patel
> Institute of Technology. I have a good understanding of C and I have
> worked on projects using C as a part of my coursework. I am interested
> in working on the "Improved application of GLSL complier
> optimizations" project idea for EVoC.
> 
> 
> So before submitting an application, I understand that I need to
> understand the code base and submit patches to show my programming
> proficiency and problem solving skills.
> 
> 
> However, before I begin doing so, I would like you to answer few
> queries -
> 
> 
> 1. Can a proposal have only one 'easy' project idea (or will one have
> to club two easy ones)?
> 2. Could you point me to the necessary resources which will help me
> understand the project?

There is some basic developer info in the docs folder devinfo.html
(provides some tips to new developers) and sourcetree.html (has an
excellent overview of the source code directory structures) are two
files I found helpful.

> 3. Could you also tell me how to set up the development environment
> for setting up this project?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Anish Kanchan
> Student, University of Mumbai
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