I hope these comments help
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I hope these comments help
Hi everyone,
I am going to be a little critical here but hopefully my comments will assist your project in some way and not be taken in a negative manner. Please be concious of the fact that these comments are meant to be taken in a constructive manner.
I believe that people involved in this project are concientious, work very hard and are dedicated to trying to make it a success. The idea is great, and where Linux appears fractured (too many flavours) this project has a single purpose in mind, which I like.
A big problem I have found with the project though is that it appears way too difficult for new people to offer help, and please bear in mind that I am no computer newby as I have programmed and done Windows systems support for the past 20 years.
In my humble opinion, you need a clear and concise path that shows new visitors to you site that if you follow path A, B, C, D... to you will assist testing. Following path G, H, I.. will assist documentation. Etc.
For the past week or so I have been trying quite hard to offer my assistance without a lot of luck. I have used irc (which I am a newby at) and spoken to very helpful people who suggested I contact a particular developer. I sent a PM to the developer and I was told to subscribe to the irc channel and talk to developers there.
I'm nearly at a point now where what was started as an interesting exercise is now starting to grow hairs and is getting a little bit too hard.
I think You need an obvious and organised contact point for new helpers that clearly point them in the right direction. I hate to think how many potential helpers you may have lost.
I realise some people will flame me for these comments, and that is OK. They are meant in a constructive manner to assist your project.
Regards
John
I am going to be a little critical here but hopefully my comments will assist your project in some way and not be taken in a negative manner. Please be concious of the fact that these comments are meant to be taken in a constructive manner.
I believe that people involved in this project are concientious, work very hard and are dedicated to trying to make it a success. The idea is great, and where Linux appears fractured (too many flavours) this project has a single purpose in mind, which I like.
A big problem I have found with the project though is that it appears way too difficult for new people to offer help, and please bear in mind that I am no computer newby as I have programmed and done Windows systems support for the past 20 years.
In my humble opinion, you need a clear and concise path that shows new visitors to you site that if you follow path A, B, C, D... to you will assist testing. Following path G, H, I.. will assist documentation. Etc.
For the past week or so I have been trying quite hard to offer my assistance without a lot of luck. I have used irc (which I am a newby at) and spoken to very helpful people who suggested I contact a particular developer. I sent a PM to the developer and I was told to subscribe to the irc channel and talk to developers there.
I'm nearly at a point now where what was started as an interesting exercise is now starting to grow hairs and is getting a little bit too hard.
I think You need an obvious and organised contact point for new helpers that clearly point them in the right direction. I hate to think how many potential helpers you may have lost.
I realise some people will flame me for these comments, and that is OK. They are meant in a constructive manner to assist your project.
Regards
John
Your comments are justified, with varying degrees. Getting in touch with devs on specific parts of the project can be very difficult. What are you specifically trying to offer help on?
One of the more annoying problems is the devs themselves don't often follow the guidelines they voted on, be it coding or whatever.
The website will be getting a revamp in a few days, or it's supposed to. I've started moving things around a bit but I'm waiting so far to for the revamp to be completed. Work through the intermediaries like me, Jaix, Colin, etc, if you're feeling frustrated with the IRC.
One of the more annoying problems is the devs themselves don't often follow the guidelines they voted on, be it coding or whatever.
The website will be getting a revamp in a few days, or it's supposed to. I've started moving things around a bit but I'm waiting so far to for the revamp to be completed. Work through the intermediaries like me, Jaix, Colin, etc, if you're feeling frustrated with the IRC.
Hi Ged and Z98
Firstly, thanks for taking the time to read my post.
In my experience where testing is involved, debugging or code testing items are given a priority level. What I was trying to find out on this project was which items or issues are highest on the priority level, In opinion (and it's not necessarily the right one) I should be looking at these first.
Or on the other hand test what is more important to a developer.
E.g I might get more enjoyment out of testing an area of game playing in a game project but the part of the program that installs the game, that no one enjoys testing, needs to be checked first because without the installation routines the installation is not done correctly.
I hope I have made myself clear here. When I read it back it sounds a bit convoluted. If not, let me know and I will try again
Regrads
John
Firstly, thanks for taking the time to read my post.
In my experience where testing is involved, debugging or code testing items are given a priority level. What I was trying to find out on this project was which items or issues are highest on the priority level, In opinion (and it's not necessarily the right one) I should be looking at these first.
Or on the other hand test what is more important to a developer.
E.g I might get more enjoyment out of testing an area of game playing in a game project but the part of the program that installs the game, that no one enjoys testing, needs to be checked first because without the installation routines the installation is not done correctly.
I hope I have made myself clear here. When I read it back it sounds a bit convoluted. If not, let me know and I will try again
Regrads
John
we have this in the wiki : http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/H ... troduction
however, as discussed in IRC we need to improve things on the testing front.
however, as discussed in IRC we need to improve things on the testing front.
I assume it's the one in our reposity, written by greatlord and Christoph.Z98 wrote:Encoded has a nice little Qemu GUI...
A much better alternative is the qemu manager: http://www.davereyn.co.uk
It was written in Delphi so doesn't require the .NET framework
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