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6 @subheading We need you!
8 The LilyPond development team is quite small; we really want to
9 get more people involved. Please consider helping your fellow
10 LilyPond users by contributing to development!
12 Even working on small tasks can have a big impact: taking care
13 of them let experienced developers work on advanced tasks, instead
14 of spending time on those simple tasks.
20 @subheading Simple tasks
24 Mailing list support: answer questions from fellow users.
27 Bug reporting: help users create proper @rweb{Bug reports}, and
28 aid the Bug Team in handling @rcontrib{Issues}.
31 Documentation: small changes can be proposed by following the
32 guidelines for @rcontrib{Documentation suggestions}.
35 LilyPond Snippet Repository (LSR): create and fix snippets. See
36 @rcontrib{Adding and editing snippets}.
39 Discussions, reviews, and testing: the developers often ask for
40 feedback about new documentation, potential syntax changes, and
41 testing new features. Please contribute to these discussions!
45 @subheading Moderate tasks
47 @warning{These jobs generally require that you have the program
48 and documentation source files, but do not require a full
49 development environment. See @rcontrib{Starting with Git}.}
54 @rcontrib{Documentation work}, and
55 @rcontrib{Building documentation without compiling}.
58 Website: the website is built from the normal documentation
59 source. See the info about documentation, and also
60 @rcontrib{Website work}.
63 Translations: see @rcontrib{Translating the documentation}, and
64 @rcontrib{Translating the website}.
69 @subheading Complex tasks
71 @warning{These jobs generally require that you have the source
72 code and can compile LilyPond. See @rcontrib{Starting with Git},
73 and @rcontrib{Compiling LilyPond}.}
75 We suggest that new contributors using Windows use a virtual
76 machine to run @emph{lilybuntu}. See
77 @rcontrib{Using a Virtual Machine to Compile LilyPond}.
81 Bugfixes, new features: the best way to begin is to join the
82 Frogs, and read @rcontrib{Programming work}.
94 Website and mailist: @uref{http://frogs.lilynet.net}
96 The Frogs are ordinary LilyPond users who have chosen to get
97 involved in their favorite software's development. Fixing bugs,
98 implementing new features, documenting the source code: there's a
99 lot to be done, but most importantly: this is a chance for
100 everyone to learn more about LilyPond, about Free Software, about
101 programming... and to have fun. If you're curious about any of
102 it, then the word is: @emph{Join the Frogs!}
106 @subsubheading Grand LilyPond Input Syntax Standardization
108 Website: @uref{http://lilypond.org/~graham/gliss}
110 GLISS will stabilize the (non-tweak) input syntax for the upcoming
111 LilyPond 3.0. After updating to 3.0, the input syntax for
112 untweaked music will remain stable for the foreseeable future.
114 We will have an extensive discussion period to determine the final
117 @warning{GLISS will start shortly after 2.14 is released.}
119 @subsubheading Grand Organizing Project
121 Website: @uref{http://lilypond.org/~graham/gop}
123 GOP will be our big recruiting drive for new contributors. We
124 desperately need to spread the development duties (including
125 @qq{simple tasks} which require no programming or interaction with
126 soruce code!) over more people. We also need to document
127 knowledge from existing developers so that it does not get lost.
129 Unlike most @qq{Grand Projects}, GOP is not about adding huge new
130 features or completely redesigning things. Rather, it is aimed at
131 giving us a much more stable foundation so that we can move ahead
132 with larger tasks in the future.
134 @warning{GOP will start shortly before or after the 2.14