On 4/13/23 20:57, Andrew Randrianasulu via Cin wrote:
>>> Last summer I put out an ad for a 10 week CinGG summer of code with the
>>> title of "Linux / C++ beginner / student" with an enticement of $400 each
>>> week for compiling, execution of well outlined steps, and make mods to the
>>> "burn" plugin to just add the gui variables. I thought someone might like
>>> the challenge and could put in a few hours each week (before and after
>>> "aging" plugin gui mods would serve as a guideline).
>>>
>>> Response from Ernest Ibarra was "he was interested" and had a "Mac Pro
>>> with Ubuntu and also had 3 years of C++ knowledge". Pointed him to the
>>> Manual on how to build CinGG and he sent me a screenshot showing a built
>>> version. So I assumed he was able to do a build which would mean he had to
>>> have done a compile??
>>>
>>> Ibarra was paid $400 a week for 4 weeks just to experiment with coding
>>> but by the end of the 4th week he reported "having a really hard time
>>> compiling" just the plugin. I suggested he do a full compile with his
>>> modifications in (since supposedly he had compiled the whole program at
>>> least once, right?).
>>>
>>> Ernest Ibarra stopped replying to my emails after 4 weeks of PayPal
>>> payments by June 28th. Finally on July 19th, after receiving another 2
>>> weeks (total $2400) I asked Ibarra to send me the code that he could not
>>> get to compile so I could compile it myself but never heard back. BIG
>>> DISAPPOINTMENT -- should not 3 years of C++ be enough for a competent
>>> programmer to work on a very small part of Cinelerra? So I am closing BT
>>> #62 as being a HUGE FAILURE -- at least with Ernest Ibarra.
>>>
I've been coding for 35+ years, and have even designed hardenned systems
that run on spacefraft, and while my comment is in no way meant to
disparage the folks who volunteer to code and fix cinGG, I wouldn't
touch the codebase with a 10 foot pole in its current state. It can
loosely be defined as C++, but nothing in it is anywhere near modern C++
best-practice coding, and internal documentation doesn't exist.
Well, feel free to try working with
for example. [or Openshot, they had new release lately]. I am too curious for *not* looking everywhere, so eventually it will find its way at least back to mail list!