From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Sun Jun 30 17:28:06 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB26415DAD87 for ; Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:28:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luthramihir708@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ua1-x942.google.com (mail-ua1-x942.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::942]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 779018E620; Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:28:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luthramihir708@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ua1-x942.google.com with SMTP id v20so4144151uao.3; Sun, 30 Jun 2019 10:28:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=nLwvWghV0VjVPRAfiK9tQtPY+bzACy6sTBI5uBS86/s=; b=e4iVwSRXQdPqNl+wLu5uF5HCDmZPO8tGLRyw9H6MHfb9AkbDRpLeZ1DkUKuaETe5XD AKz0N64bLcvqcqf6oPp5DdQgoOaCQZNp/j4ckxrpb5RnLl7ajgnJ19xVa5nxF86xT/Z4 BAYMJ1nBvA4aaZRxNwoH9NvijDfRu4Tu4u6lA2QBo9C/VF640LUmh3yrRt/PMXdM152b OMwNWDDQ2kVz/ZjSElecsQcmXLK1FbcIwx8CxiXJET+b1CVdyGNF8TMn6tRyJDBRk1co OFVslRWvwVU0kLNkVfqWjhi5uub0NfEnDZCp5sxRjYrPTFK2epvg4cjc22AtIpt6skem uJvw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=nLwvWghV0VjVPRAfiK9tQtPY+bzACy6sTBI5uBS86/s=; b=E8VVjZtJ1UVArDJxNXH2qvXtu61rRfIZ+2I5QpWumk+6Kl2F+rJjCL9BFYvijRM/2R q8zZQdeYvOezEpUnGKg0sm9Ke8Lbl5ayT33nYw6dODeQvA3bQw5UqbsfHJOmgGF2Aw6L pt13U743OxXyi1flZ9UkM/huu6nsFq63m8fcz0o/MXm+ft3YWiPiRNNBvcAcUv0O9Bw0 hxxaSjK3L0Red3uP8nwqPS6frkkCDOp4TGurKMbotAYrcnm+4w8sa+yPlY6iiRRq5CpY WKIfpcBqCBPci235x2I8wCzioQ45Z/LE8pzV9AOFjFmwzRh5bTcQnESFTNvL6UF6UM8f mqlA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUUOSVtMUwf6LOXWbZg1qso8KgpoBUIx8dqqJwMJVHHjb+W0C54 KU63xIljYZq5DkzsBTt+Qw4SWTPlTB1H/35psG/5O8R3 X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqy62WRqRe1b2MWp+YqfQzfN48UNQPHmV32X0Vvok7NuWfp7LJyZNZSiD45NZCpjR7+8jb9wOHSs7ZgaMRceMg4= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:2bc6:: with SMTP id s6mr11530614uar.86.1561915684865; Sun, 30 Jun 2019 10:28:04 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Mihir Luthra Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 22:57:53 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: interested in contributing to FreeBSD projects To: Warner Losh Cc: Alan Somers , "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 779018E620 X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=e4iVwSRX; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of luthramihir708@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::942 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=luthramihir708@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.94 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_SOME(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2.4.9.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com]; IP_SCORE(-0.59)[ip: (2.57), ipnet: 2607:f8b0::/32(-3.13), asn: 15169(-2.34), country: US(-0.06)]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.34)[-0.337,0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:28:06 -0000 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