Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2020 16:08:35 -0700 From: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> To: Brandon Helsley <brandon.helsley@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mininal skills Message-ID: <3f0c7ac1-8867-8c2f-169a-c605020c3557@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <CY4PR19MB0104A2C03F4D66A1DA251A23F9880@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com> References: <CY4PR19MB0104A2C03F4D66A1DA251A23F9880@CY4PR19MB0104.namprd19.prod.outlook.com>
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On 6/3/20 2:54 PM, Brandon Helsley wrote: > I've searched around FreeBSD documentation and have found that most of the contributions require at least minimal programming skills. My question is whether or not there is anything I can contribute or maintain for freebsd without any skills. What direction should I take my education if I wish to be able to maintain a port. Is c++ programming required? What else is required? Hi Brandon - I think one of the benefits of FreeBSD is that it is a complete operating system with a cohesive development effort. As such I personally don't think you necessarily need to be a programmer to get involved. As others have mentioned, documentation is a great place to start. I also think just subscribing to various mailing lists that interest you and watching developers interact as they develop and fix code is a great way to learn more about programming and operating systems in general. Finally, just being an engaged user and testing the OS (by tracking the STABLE or CURRENT branches for example) is a good way to get involved too. Eventually you may find that as you learn more about FreeBSD you'll have no issues finding an area to contribute to that interests you - be it ports, docs, or contributing C or sh code to the OS. Cheers, -pete -- Pete Wright pete@nomadlogic.org @nomadlogicLA
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