I am putting a request out there for help, because I want to try to make sure Prawn moves forward fast enough towards a 1.0 release. Although I have funding available to get a 0.5 release out, and it's likely that I'll continue to work on Prawn both on paid work time and in my spare time, it is hard to put things on a schedule.
I have a clear sense of what needs to be done in the project, and would like to extend the offer out there to mentor someone who has some spare time to donate as to how to move Prawn forward. A serious volunteer needn't be familiar with the PDF specification so long as they were willing to learn. You don't need to be a Ruby master either, so long as you are comfortable enough with the language to effectively respond to code reviews.
I am looking for 1-2 people who have at least a few hours of dedicated time a week to implement features and fix issues that I lay out for them. I will provide architectural advise, pointers on where to look for more info, and help debug issues when they come up. I'll also review whatever patches are provided and give feedback.
This could be a good way to learn Ruby and more about Prawn and the PDF format in general.
Rest assured that Prawn will still move forward whether or not we can find someone to fill this role, but if there are volunteers, that could certainly accelerate things. Please let me know if you are interested
-greg
PS: The reason I want to do this is to help make time for a massive scale open source project aimed at improving the state of Ruby in general. Look for more news about that later.
Gregory Brown wrote: > I am looking for 1-2 people who have at least a few hours of dedicated > time a week to implement features and fix issues that I lay out for > them. I will provide architectural advise, pointers on where to look > for more info, and help debug issues when they come up. I'll also > review whatever patches are provided and give feedback.
At this stage I don't really have time to commit to anything regular, but I'm happy to continue picking at features and bugs when I do find time.
I also have a reasonable level of familiarity with the spec. If anyone does step up to implement some features I'm happy to offer help navigating it.
-- James Healy <jimmy-at-deefa-dot-com> Fri, 29 May 2009 10:44:06 +1000
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:47 PM, James Healy <ji...@deefa.com> wrote:
> Gregory Brown wrote: >> I am looking for 1-2 people who have at least a few hours of dedicated >> time a week to implement features and fix issues that I lay out for >> them. I will provide architectural advise, pointers on where to look >> for more info, and help debug issues when they come up. I'll also >> review whatever patches are provided and give feedback.
> At this stage I don't really have time to commit to anything regular, > but I'm happy to continue picking at features and bugs when I do find > time.
> I also have a reasonable level of familiarity with the spec. If anyone > does step up to implement some features I'm happy to offer help > navigating it.
Perhaps it'd be helpful if I put together a small roadmap?
Gregory Brown wrote: > > At this stage I don't really have time to commit to anything regular, > > but I'm happy to continue picking at features and bugs when I do find > > time.
> > I also have a reasonable level of familiarity with the spec. If anyone > > does step up to implement some features I'm happy to offer help > > navigating it.
> Perhaps it'd be helpful if I put together a small roadmap?
Sure. Once you're done I'll take a look and see if anything pips my interest :)
I'd like to make a more solid commitment, but I'm already feeling a little swamped.
-- James Healy <jimmy-at-deefa-dot-com> Fri, 29 May 2009 10:57:13 +1000
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:59 PM, James Healy <ji...@deefa.com> wrote: > Sure. Once you're done I'll take a look and see if anything pips my > interest :)
> I'd like to make a more solid commitment, but I'm already feeling a > little swamped.
The nice thing is that a lot of the tasks are fairly small and compartmentalized, they just need to be done in a certain order to avoid complications. I'll brain dump and report back soon.
Gregory Brown wrote: > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:47 PM, James Healy <ji...@deefa.com> wrote:
>> Gregory Brown wrote:
>>> I am looking for 1-2 people who have at least a few hours of dedicated >>> time a week to implement features and fix issues that I lay out for >>> them. I will provide architectural advise, pointers on where to look >>> for more info, and help debug issues when they come up. I'll also >>> review whatever patches are provided and give feedback.
>> At this stage I don't really have time to commit to anything regular, >> but I'm happy to continue picking at features and bugs when I do find >> time.
>> I also have a reasonable level of familiarity with the spec. If anyone >> does step up to implement some features I'm happy to offer help >> navigating it.
> Perhaps it'd be helpful if I put together a small roadmap?
> -greg
Hi Greg, A roadmap would help me evaluate my possible usefulness. I would like to be involved, from a JRuby angle especially. Regards Paul F Fraser
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Paul F Fraser <pa...@a2zliving.com> wrote:
> A roadmap would help me evaluate my possible usefulness. > I would like to be involved, from a JRuby angle especially.
I think I will support JRuby officially by 1.0 (though forget I said that on record ;) The new project I'm cooking up ties me directly to the various Ruby implementations, and that will probably increase my likelihood to support them in Prawn moving forward.
> I am putting a request out there for help, because I want to try to
> make sure Prawn moves forward fast enough towards a 1.0 release.
> Although I have funding available to get a 0.5 release out, and it's
> likely that I'll continue to work on Prawn both on paid work time and
> in my spare time, it is hard to put things on a schedule.
> I have a clear sense of what needs to be done in the project, and
> would like to extend the offer out there to mentor someone who has
> some spare time to donate as to how to move Prawn forward. A serious
> volunteer needn't be familiar with the PDF specification so long as
> they were willing to learn. You don't need to be a Ruby master
> either, so long as you are comfortable enough with the language to
> effectively respond to code reviews.
> I am looking for 1-2 people who have at least a few hours of dedicated
> time a week to implement features and fix issues that I lay out for
> them. I will provide architectural advise, pointers on where to look
> for more info, and help debug issues when they come up. I'll also
> review whatever patches are provided and give feedback.
> This could be a good way to learn Ruby and more about Prawn and the
> PDF format in general.
> Rest assured that Prawn will still move forward whether or not we can
> find someone to fill this role, but if there are volunteers, that
> could certainly accelerate things. Please let me know if you are
> interested
> -greg
> PS: The reason I want to do this is to help make time for a massive
> scale open source project aimed at improving the state of Ruby in
> general. Look for more news about that later.
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Wes Maldonado <wesl...@gmail.com> wrote: > I could find 1-2 hours to work on Prawn per week. We use it for a number of > things at work, so I'd gladly give back some time to the project.
Sweet. I've had a lot of great responses here!
I can probably break it up in tasks so that everyone who's interested has something to do. I will come up with a roadmap over the weekend.
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:12 AM, MRoderick <roderick.mor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A roadmap of sorts will go a long way for possible contributers to > figure out if they can actually contribute :-)
Trust me, people of all skill levels and backgrounds will be able to help out, the only question is whether they'll find the work I need done interesting :)
On May 29, 4:14 pm, Gregory Brown <gregory.t.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Trust me, people of all skill levels and backgrounds will be able to
> help out, the only question is whether they'll find the work I need
> done interesting :)
As long as you can convince people that it's for the greater good of
reaching 1.0, it doesn't necessarily have to be "interesting" :-)
I'll gladly volunteer some hours doing dull and boring stuff, if I can
see my contribution pushing towards 1.0.
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:36 PM, MRoderick <roderick.mor...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'll gladly volunteer some hours doing dull and boring stuff, if I can > see my contribution pushing towards 1.0.
I really appreciate the support. I'll get something together after GoRuCo.
On May 28, 5:05 pm, Gregory Brown <gregory.t.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am putting a request out there for help
I'd be delighted to lend a hand for 5-10 hours a week. I'm relatively
new to Ruby
but have 35 yrs of programming (12 years of advanced Perl and some
years of
actual PostScript coding!). I've several serious projects for which
Prawn is critical.
