Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 22:57:53 +0530 From: Mihir Luthra <luthramihir708@gmail.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: interested in contributing to FreeBSD projects Message-ID: <CAEa=dYDut4pK01DgC2GGZY_ye=H%2BviGDSkzrAKiNeJ7jJuUN1Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfoQ%2BdR%2BNSC6_dLWezTduBBjJr7Yyvo9ytgynnTFvo7DMA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEa=dYAY2NdpKnpxeWRDnTPrudLtqxv-nw1k-_%2BxQquR6CuuZg@mail.gmail.com> <CAOtMX2jvTS534hjxfveeN6a42B-FXgj0pXFtibSxigyqNehXgA@mail.gmail.com> <CAEa=dYBvq0x5riPqhHptDUs%2BTiru_4N80oaSrgp0xVZ3=Ajsdw@mail.gmail.com> <CAOtMX2jtrfGNR96_xNDwpMPvYMxVVKXuDe=M6Magus8-0SNLUg@mail.gmail.com> <CAEa=dYDdkV1Lw7HtvCAeQsQmC=EVch%2BCwzcHR%2BdjWi250h8CZg@mail.gmail.com> <CANCZdfoQ%2BdR%2BNSC6_dLWezTduBBjJr7Yyvo9ytgynnTFvo7DMA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, Sometimes people are busy. It's always a balancing act. Sometimes you get > good feedback, sometimes not. It's best to ask like you did, but then if > you get nothing to plow ahead. People are usually pretty good about > highlighting areas of improvement for patches should your patches need > them. Often times it's easier to talk from a specific patch than more > generally about something as vague as general cleanup. The project should > be better about talking about things on the front end rather than the back > end. > > My recommendation to you would be to start small. Pick some small area of > cleanup. Do it and post a phabricator review. I'll try to catch that you've > done this and look at it (though you are welcome to email the review and/or > add me to the list of reviewers). You should also tell net@freebsd.org as > well about the review. hackers@ too might be good. Both groups have > traditionally been dominated by kernel people, so casting a wider net is > good. > > I got your point. I will start with small patches first after getting a bit comfortable with the current code. I will drop a mail, as suggested, when I am done. Thanks for the advice, Mihir
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