How do I find projects that need help?

ChooseOpen · 02-19-2006, 08:40 PM

I am a programmer looking to make a contribution. What is the best way to find projects that are looking for help?

Thanks,
Jason

primo · 02-19-2006, 11:00 PM

Easy. Find the projects you like the most and search the TODO list. An example is http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.1R/todo.html Most FAQ's have an entry that answer the same question. Next, define to yourself the kind of contribution you're able to handle (code updates, new features, translations, etc). Then you must notify the relevant parties so your work would not end up in /dev/null.

exodist · 02-19-2006, 11:42 PM

sourceforge.net has a help wanted section.... but if you are lookign for a project I got one for you.

Basically for a year or 2 I have been trying to pull together a group to help develop a gaming engine, now I knwo it seems like whoah, thats a lot, but every little bit helps, could be some basic parts. At this point most of the sourceforge team has disipated, and the code is gonna be reset from scratch, but at the school I am starting in april (portland state university, I already have an AA in programming) the gaming club programmers are on-board, 1 or 2 of them anyway. let me know if you are interested.

the pdx thread ont he project is here: http://www.megagamers.com/forums/ind...?showtopic=589 if you are interested.
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but like I said if you want a project to joint he sourceforge help wanted section is the best: http://sourceforge.net/people/

microsoft/linux · 02-20-2006, 01:19 AM

or just find a piece of software you like, and look at it's todo list. I'm trying to get photo transfer support implemented in gtkpod, because it's something I care about. Granted, it sounds like you've got substantially more programming experiance than me, I'm having to learn along the way. It also probably depends on the kind of time you're going to be able to contribute.