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Date:      Thu, 4 Apr 2013 22:13:22 -0700
From:      Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
To:        Joel Dahl <joel@vnode.se>
Cc:        core@FreeBSD.org, doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Need help documenting development processes in FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <82B166A6-EC29-490E-89A5-5646FD6227E2@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130404182550.GA2002@devbox.vnode.local>
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On Apr 4, 2013, at 11:25 AM, Joel Dahl wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 05:57:20PM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>> Hi,
>>    In order to bring contributors up to speed on how to interact with
>> FreeBSD, I want to document some of the items that aren't really =
noted in
>> the FreeBSD developers or committers handbook. Some topics that come =
to
>> mind are "How do I do a precommit build?" (tinderbox, etc), "How do I =
test
>> my changes?" (there's a chapter, but it's not helpful), "How do I get
>> involved with the project?", "How do I build quickly?", "What are =
mtree
>> files?", etc.
>>    I was wondering if a) there are any other developers interested in =
this
>> effort, b) where it should go (in the dev handbook?), and c) who =
would be
>> interested in reviewing the work? I'd like to put it up on the wiki =
first
>> (as I'm not an SGML wizard) and put it in SGML eventually, but I need
>> feedback on whether or not this is doable.
>> Thanks!
>=20
> Cool. This is something I've wanted to do ever since I joined the =
project.
> Just start with the wiki and don't think too much about markup - we =
can worry
> about that and where to place it later.

	Thanks for the input/support everyone! Once I get access to the =
wiki again (minor auth problems right now after I asked postmaster to =
deactivate my FreeBSD.org mailing alias >_>...), I'll start drafting =
chapters on how to work better with FreeBSD. I already have a chapter in =
the works with building FreeBSD from scratch that I've gotten positive =
feedback on from internal users that I might incorporate in a chapter.
Thanks!
-Garrett=



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