Re: Improving the build docs

[Craig Keogh <cskeogh adam com au>]

On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 23:20 -0700, Jason Holt wrote:
> 
>       * so we should find a way to point prospective developers at
>         jhbuild early, before they start breaking their distros like I
>         did.

Yep, I agree. It is better now with the GNOME 3.0 website than the 2.x
website, but still could be better. The best way to get it fixed is to
get in there and get your hands dirty.

> The jhbuild docs were pretty good, but I got funky errors about
> libraries being out of date, which sent me back to IRC, where we
> eventually narrowed it down to a bug in jhbuild, which I just filed.

I'm a JHBuild maintainer. Glad you like the docs. I want JHBuild to work
first time, every time, everywhere. We are some way away from that. I'd
love to hear about the problems you face so we can fix them quick smart.
Most JHBuild build problem chat occurs on IRC, gnome-love [1] mailing
list or file bugs.

[1] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-love


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Craig Keogh <cskeogh adam com au>