Smitty wrote:
>
> Hi Jens
>
> I've been thinking, dangerous yes I know, but DRI (desperately)
> needs people willing to program C for the drivers or look for
> bugs etc -right?
We do need people...we're not desperate. It's amazing what a few *good*
people can do.
> Well I am a student and there is a Department of Computer Science
> in the Faculty of Science, and these guys program C(++) etc so
> maybe I should advertise the existance of DRI & its need for
> programmers on the computer science forums?
Be carefull not to over estimate the ability to program in 'C'. The
real key here is having a strong interest in Graphics Technology.
Highly motiviated individual who don't program can still be helpful in
testing, giving user feedback and helping with documentation.
Programmers however need to go much deeper than knowing 'C'. Having a
strong understanding of systems programming and a fundemental idea of
how the graphics pipeline works is critical. We would like to find more
developers with that kind of background, or strong desire to develop
that kind of background.
In the end, I would recommend you make more people aware of our project
and the kind of work we do. However, I would avoid just recruiting
"programmers".
Does that make sense?
> I can also reach technikon students and students at two other
> universities through friends / contacts of mine.
>
> Just bouncing the idea off you, because I can definitely see the
> downside to this if it even works. If you think its not a bad idea
> you may CC dri-devel to let other people put in their 2c.
The idea of raising the visibility of our project is a good one. I'm
copying dri-devel because there are no bad questions.
Regards,
Jens
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