If so I'd say just get the source and start building on your local machine. You can't hurt anything as long as you don't check anything in. Just experiment with the product a little, add silly features that don't really do much, that sorta thing. Meanwhile keep notes on stuff you don't understand. If you don't have that stuff figured out by the time other folks are done you'll be able to ask informed questions.
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If so I'd say just get the source and start building on your local machine. You can't hurt anything as long as you don't check anything in. Just experiment with the product a little, add silly features that don't really do much, that sorta thing. Meanwhile keep notes on stuff you don't understand. If you don't have that stuff figured out by the time other folks are done you'll be able to ask informed questions.