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  17 <h1>Help Wanted</h1>
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  19 <p>
  20 We can always use more help with the Mesa project.
  21 Here are some specific ideas and areas where help would be appreciated:
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  25 <li>
  26 <b>Driver patching and testing.</b>
  27 Patches are often posted to the <a href="https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev">mesa-dev mailing list</a>, but aren't
  28 immediately checked into git because not enough people are testing them.
  29 Just applying patches, testing and reporting back is helpful.
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  31 <b>Driver debugging.</b>
  32 There are plenty of open bugs in the <a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/issues">bug database</a>.
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  34 <b>Remove aliasing warnings.</b>
  35 Enable gcc's <code>-Wstrict-aliasing=2 -fstrict-aliasing</code> arguments, and
  36 track down aliasing issues in the code.
  37 <li>
  38 <b>Contribute more tests to
  39 <a href="https://piglit.freedesktop.org/">Piglit</a>.</b>
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  43 You can find some further To-do lists here:
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  46 <p>
  47 <b>Common To-Do lists:</b>
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  49 <ul>
  50   <li><a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/blob/master/docs/features.txt">
  51     <code>features.txt</code></a> - Status of OpenGL 3.x / 4.x features in
  52     Mesa.</li>
  53 </ul>
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  56 <b>Legacy Driver specific To-Do lists:</b>
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  58 <ul>
  59   <li><a href="https://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/R600ToDo">
  60     <code>r600g</code></a> - Driver for ATI/AMD R600 - Northern Island.</li>
  61   <li><a href="https://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/R300ToDo">
  62     <code>r300g</code></a> - Driver for ATI R300 - R500.</li>
  63 </ul>
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  65 <p>
  66 If you want to do something new in Mesa, first join the Mesa developer's
  67 mailing list.
  68 Then post a message to propose what you want to do, just to make sure
  69 there's no issues.
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  73 Anyone is welcome to contribute code to the Mesa project.
  74 By doing so, it's assumed that you agree to the code's licensing terms.
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  77 <p>
  78 Finally:
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  82 <li>Try to write high-quality code that follows the existing style.
  83 <li>Use uniform indentation, write comments, use meaningful identifiers, etc.
  84 <li>Test your code thoroughly.  Include test programs if appropriate.
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