Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:02:38 +0530 From: rahul gupta <rkg10100@gmail.com> To: Shivansh Rai <shivansh@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need Help regarding contribution to Free BSD Projects Message-ID: <CANvmR=ZprNBq%2B%2BKwb7%2BfY1s9QV=Y6%2BUXRpO8gyJH3ZqN2vPXiQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CANvmR=Yw3kfKt-q2Na%2BE1Knspq3s1jK5oURGwy0A89Xjxhce_A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANvmR=bqjOh2xcLR%2B%2Bz_pGpueuswOscKLAeLHYwUU_9q1G6buQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAF%2Bp1Hv3-CPi48EubzO%2B4=3NbJ4cQELwRtAwDT5S1MmX1oRKpQ@mail.gmail.com> <CANvmR=Yw3kfKt-q2Na%2BE1Knspq3s1jK5oURGwy0A89Xjxhce_A@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Team, Actually I am looking for Some Dev and i keen to work on File system so please any body assigned me some work related to file system and guide me the way that how can start contributing because i am quite beginner to this so please help me . Thanks in advanced On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 7:31 PM, rahul gupta <rkg10100@gmail.com> wrote: > This is great, thank you! > > On 09-Aug-2017 7:06 PM, "Shivansh Rai" <shivansh@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> Hi Rahul, >> >> I can say that your interests greatly match with mine so I'd write here >> what I did when I first got introduced to FreeBSD. It is possible that you >> might find the following very easy as I'm a beginner :-) >> >> * I made my first contribution during Google Summer of Code '16. The >> project ideas proposed every year are very cool and I'd suggest having a >> look at some of the previous years' ideas as not all of them are taken up >> (you can also have a look at the previous projects). A good thing about >> them is that they have a mention of the difficulty level and the domain >> knowledge required to participate, so you can easily filter out the ones >> you might be interested in - https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas. >> >> * Look up the src tree and try to find a piece of code which interests >> you (for e.g. it may be a base utility, say ls). Read through the code to >> see how it works. It is a fun activity which I occasionally do. It is also >> possible that in the process you might come up with an improvement. >> >> * *Testing* >> I have come to realize that testing is a great way to explore and learn a >> lot very fast (according to me). Firstly, you get to study how things work. >> For e.g. if you want to perform testing of the TCP stack, you might first >> start off learning about how TCP works. Since it is very extensive, at a >> time you can pick up a single functionality (say, selective >> acknowledgements) and study it end to end after which you try to come up >> with ways of testing it. So you didn't study the entire theory behind TCP, >> but now you know how this specific functionality works very well. Then you >> proceed on with other functionalities and in some time you'll cover a lot >> of theory. Secondly, the process of coming up with ways to test a specific >> functionality proves to be a great (and fun) way to learn. And it is also a >> great way of applying what you just learnt. Last (but not the least) you >> are in luck if you come across a bug or an unexpected behavior! >> If you are interested in testing, I'd suggest having a look at the >> documentation of the FreeBSD testsuite: https://wiki.freebsd.org/TestS >> uite and also the TCP testsuite: https://github.com/freebsd-net >> /tcp-testsuite (I am only familiar with these, other members might add >> more to the list). >> >> * To start off contributing right away, I'd suggest having a look at some >> of these links: >> - https://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage >> - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/describecomponents.cgi >> - https://wiki.freebsd.org/JuniorJobs >> >> * Ask questions! The community members are extremely friendly (and highly >> experienced, so you get to learn something new everytime you ask). >> >> * Also, you can have a look at how some of the community members first >> started off (it is quite interesting): https://wiki.freebsd.org/HowWe >> GotHere. >> >> Over time I got to realize that the key is to always keep learning and >> enjoying the entire process. In these fields (and any CS field for that >> matter) you never get to stop being amazed by something new everyday. I >> think I'm starting to go off-topic so I'll stop. >> >> PS. I am relatively very new to the community (around only 2 years) so >> I'm sure the experienced and senior members will have some great and better >> advice to share. My apologies in advance if I wrote something wrong above. >> >> Hope this helps. Thank you for your interest! >> With best regards, >> Shivansh Rai >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/ShivanshRai >> >> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 5:35 PM rahul gupta <rkg10100@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Team, >>> >>> As I am working in Dell EMC in Isilon Product , >>> and i want to contribute in Free BSD Open source projects as i love to do >>> codning, >>> My Area of interested is Data Structure and Algorithm and i have fond of >>> learn system related coding. >>> kindly request you help me how i can help in the development of free BSD >>> OS >>> and >>> also help me out that i how can contribute to free BSD and what is >>> smallest >>> thigh from i can start to contribute. >>> >>> your valuable help and guidance are awaited.. >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks & Regards >>> Rahul Gupta >>> Dell EMC Isilon Engineering Team >>> +917200744656 <+91%2072007%2044656> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@f >>> reebsd.org" >>> >> -- Thanks & Regards Rahul Gupta Dell EMC Isilon Engineering Team +917200744656
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