Help fixing MapServer code

[Abe Gillespie]

Ok, the IRC channel is probably a good place to start.  Are there any
good howtos on even just doing IRC?  I'm traditionally a Windows
programmer and have only just gotten started working with OSS.  I
haven't ever done IRC *gasp*.  These days I spend most of my time in
Mac OS X, are there any good IRC clients for it?

Sorry it got slightly OT.

Thanks.
-Abe

On Jan 19, 2005, at 4:34 PM, Sean Gillies wrote:

> On Jan 19, 2005, at 2:42 PM, Abe Gillespie wrote:
>
>> I have a few projects that depend here and there on the REQUIRES map
>> file tag.  This feature is broken.  I'm thinking about digging into
>> the
>> code myself and trying to fix it.  Would someone please point me where
>> to get started (the responsible source file, caveats, general
>> MapServer
>> hacking howtos, etc.).
>>
>> Thanks.
>> -Abe
>>
>
> Abe,
>
> There's no real roadmap to the code.  Your best friends in this
> adventure will be "grep" and the #mapserver channel on
> irc.freenode.net.  5 developers hang out there regularly, and 3-4
> others drop in occaisionally.  We'll be happy to help you start
> hacking.
>
> cheers,
> Sean
>
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> Sean Gillies
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>