Posted by PatGuano on Oct 31, 2011; 5:06pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Presentation-and-S-O-S-tp4952926.html

Good evening.

I am Michael Uplawski, developer with some C++/Qt-, and other background. For some days already, I try to understand how I could contribute to the LibreCAD development.

Originally from Germany, I am living in France now where I try to make the "transition" to a more ecological life-style. This is a rather agriculture-oriented move and includes many things; most are not IT-related. However, free software must help me to keep my head over water for some time and anyway.., it may be the only software worth talking about, before long.

So, LibreCAD. I used first QCad, then LibreCAD to design my plan for our new house (which will be a GREB-construction, i.e. wood/straw). In the process, I found some oddities and thought I could take a look at the code. So I did and now I feel like contributing code, but also documentation and, -why not-, translations to the project.

Alas.

Having just registered to the mailing list... or nabble (what is it?), I am a little shocked to find a multitude of communication-channels being used by the LibreCAD-community. As for the last days I tried to get warm with GIT and failed, I concentrated on that platform and solely posted two or three issues there.

At the same time, I worked a little on my own fork in order to understand the project and maybe contribute on a rather modest level.

This evening, as I write this message, I am at a complete loss. GIT will not let me "fetch upstream" and I cannot really see a way to securely publish any of my changes. With the new knowledge gained from looking at the many threads on this discussion-... "platform" I take, that my understanding of the project had all been wrong in the first place.

... You may be into this for months and longer but should consider a guide to "contributing to LibreCAD" much more concise than the hints already given in different places or on diverse occasions... But that is for the future and you will find a way.

For now it is just this: What shall I do? ;-)

TY.

Michael Uplawski.
www.uplawski.eu