From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 21 20:58:05 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A4C416A400 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:58:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lockless@wanadoo.fr) Received: from smtp20.orange.fr (smtp20.orange.fr [80.12.242.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B837213C481 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:58:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lockless@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf2027.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 81A501C000DB for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:58:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.0.7] (AToulouse-152-1-51-249.w82-125.abo.wanadoo.fr [82.125.129.249]) by mwinf2027.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 5CB671C000BE for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:58:03 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20070221205803379.5CB671C000BE@mwinf2027.orange.fr Message-ID: <45DCB25A.10509@wanadoo.fr> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:58:02 +0100 From: Lockless User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Macintosh/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <45DB5A5B.6070007@wanadoo.fr> <20070221081100.ubrz4jki40o8sk8g@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20070221081100.ubrz4jki40o8sk8g@webmail.leidinger.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: How to contribute to the pkg_* tools project ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:58:05 -0000 Alexander Leidinger a écrit : > Quoting Lockless (from Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:30:19 > +0100): > >> We (Lucas H. and Alexandre C.) are two young students >> from France. We have a quite good theoretical knowledge of C >> programing, but we would like to improve our experience in real >> projects. So we looked at the Projects Ideas on the FreeBSD website, >> and finally found out that contributing to the pkg_* tools could be >> great, but there was no e-mail to contact on the page. >> So who could we contact to get more informations about this project ? > > It is ports related, so the mailinglist dealing with ports (CCed, please > strip hackers@ on reply) would be the most appropriate, as there are the > most people which may be able to contribute with improvement ideas. > > Basically the entry on the ideas list says to have a look at the code > and find stuff which can be improved. Be creative. Profile the tools and > try to make them faster. Have a look at the code and try to make it > better (maybe there's stuff which should be put into a library and used > in all pkg tools). Google around for stuff other people may have done or > may want to see. > > Don't let people lurk you into making a replacement for portupgrade (it > may be a goal for the second or third project you want to tackle). For > what you want to do this may be a little bit too early. First get a > grasp at the existing features and improve them. > > An upcomming entry on the ideas list talks about the use of berkeley db > in the pkg tools (where it makes sense). This was submitted by kris@ (a > member of portmgr@), so feel free to talk with him (but he reads ports@, > so talking about it on ports@ will not only give you input from Kris, > but also from other people). > > Bye, > Alexander. > > --Hideously disfigured by an ancient Indian curse? > > WE CAN HELP! > > Call (511) 338-0959 for an immediate appointment. > > http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 > http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus > mail.Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. > > > > Ok thank you, we're gonna ask in the right list. Bye!