On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 5:26 AM, Richard Kenner <ken...@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> wrote: >> I think we need to come out of the "documentation" mindset. No amount of >> conventional documentation is going to help. What we need is a training >> material that included well defined assignments. > > I agree. At one point, I had a large tutorial presentation. It's dated > now, since it's before the tree-ssa era, but we definitely need something > like that. High-quality documentation is critical, but isn't where > people will be starting.
Folks, we have a place for this material and I am constantly badgering people to use it. All the training material, courses, papers, presentations, pictures of design-on-a-napkin, are meant to be linked from http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GettingStarted. The wiki has become one of the most dynamic and best sources of such information in GCC. Let's use it! Uday, you have a wealth of experience organizing tutorials and such. Volunteers should not just be limited to code. Tutorials and courses are an excellent way to contribute. The steering committee has nothing to do with this. All they need to be involved in are administrivia matters with the FSF. No need to appoint volunteers, just start doing what you think is right. Organizing the GettingStarted wiki is a fantastic start. Diego.
