doc/contributing

   1 * Contributing to the Mono project
   2
   3         There are many ways in which you can help in the Mono project:
   4
   5         <ul>
   6                 * <b>Programmers:</b> You can work on a free
   7                   implementation of the <a
   8                   href="class-library.html">class libraries</a>, the
   9                   <a href="runtime.html">runtime engine</a>, <a
  10                   href="tools.html">the tools</a>, the <a
  11                   href="testing.html">testing framework</a>
  12
  13                 * <b>Writers:</b> You can help us with writing <a
  14                   href="documentation.html">documentation</a>.
  15         </ul>
  16
  17         Those are just broad things that need to be worked on, but
  18         something that would help tremendously would be to help with
  19         small duties in the project that need to be addressed.
  20
  21 ** Small tasks
  22
  23         A few smaller tasks are here, dropped in no particular order:
  24         <ul>
  25                 * <b>MCS compilation process:</b> Currently MCS does
  26                   not build with a single `make' command.  This should
  27                   be fixed (this being part of the `Joel Test' that
  28                   software has to pass).
  29
  30                 * <b>Mono/doc and web site:</b> They need to be
  31                   packaged up in the official `distribution'
  32
  33                 * <b>Enthusiasts: </b>
  34         </ul>
  35
  36 * Special note
  37
  38         If you have looked at Microsoft's implementation of .NET or
  39         their shared source code, you will not be able to contribute
  40         to Mono.
  41
  42         Please, follow care when reading proprietary code.