Re: GOP-PROP 2: mentors and Frogs

[Jan Warchoł]

2011/6/18 James Lowe <address@hidden>:
>
> Well I'm happy to help and of course I can 'mentor' someone around editing 
> doc and formatting and uploading patches, however I seem to be of the 'rare' 
> breed here that while understanding 'coding' principles and terminology, has 
> no ability to write code (I can just about follow a relatively simple .py 
> script). But I use the 'easy' tools (lilygit.tcl) and very limited git-cl and 
> git commands, and so am probably less than useful to most potential 
> contributors who probably know how to push a patch, can 'git their heads' (or 
> is it 'head their gits'?) on the cli in their sleep. I cannot translate any 
> doc either and just about get around the build process - I can deal with the 
> problems I face with it better than I used to but not with any real technical 
> understanding (i just worksforme).

Well, you have similar programming skills as mine :)
(i wouldn't spend days on simple patches like
http://codereview.appspot.com/4609041/ if i were much more skilled.)

cheers,
Janek