Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 19:53:59 +0000 From: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> To: rahul gupta <rkg10100@gmail.com>, Shivansh Rai <shivansh@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Need Help regarding contribution to Free BSD Projects Message-ID: <YTXPR01MB01890A209FDE5CF5AC2CA358DD880@YTXPR01MB0189.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> In-Reply-To: <CANvmR=Zb2xCNjDkfeqVkC7ioa2SV-mm1iK6gr2Gy3injf2QVLA@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> <CANvmR=ZprNBq%2B%2BKwb7%2BfY1s9QV=Y6%2BUXRpO8gyJH3ZqN2vPXiQ@mail.gmail.com> <CANvmR=anYJ=YrEaqJ6GfL9E1Ex3JZZpntZLrkSMwLNNr%2BJTJKw@mail.gmail.com> <CAF%2Bp1Hu79JfS-WS=HfQM9WU=YjO0koJvdY%2BE4NqpOrTz1r6=%2Bg@mail.gmail.com>, <CANvmR=Zb2xCNjDkfeqVkC7ioa2SV-mm1iK6gr2Gy3injf2QVLA@mail.gmail.com>
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rahul gupta wrote:
[good stuff snipped]
>>> 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 .
>>>
Well, first off I'll make a few "big picture" comments...
- If you were expecting to hear from someone with a "go work on this", it w=
on't
happen.
Why?
Well, there isn't anyone. The FreeBSD project doesn't have a CTO or a com=
mittee
of wizards that make technical decisions. It is much more an "anonymous c=
ollective".
- Basically, you find something that interests you. At some point, when y=
ou have a
patch that you think the project will find useful, you propose it (eith=
er on one
of the email lists or reviews.freebsd.org). If others think it is usefu=
l, hopefully
some committer will pick it up and do the commit.
- After a while, the committers get tired of doing this and suggest you =
become a
committer and do the commits yourself, etc...
There is a group called "core" which are elected by the committers, but the=
y mostly
deal with logistics and not technical issues. They are the ones that decide=
if an
individual is to become a committer.
Now, since you mentioned "file systems", I will note that Fuse is in need o=
f some TLC.
(There is a kernel component, which a few of us know a little about and a l=
ibrary
that at least I, know nothing about. It also could use a bunch of testing =
with different
file systems.)
Here's a recent email thread related to Fuse:
http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?87y3r0ankb.fsf
In general, you'll want to join several email lists and what gets discussed=
on them
will give you an idea of what people are working on. (If you become a commi=
tter,
you pretty well have to watch these lists, so you might as well start now;-=
)
A few I'm on are: freebsd-fs@, freebsd-current@, freebsd-stable@, freebsd-a=
rch@
You will need a system that you can test source changes against head on, so=
you should
set up a head/current system. (head/current refers to the src tree found at
repo.freebsd.org/base/head and is where the stable and release branches are
created from, so that's where source patches go first). I think you can get
read-only anonymous access to the subversion repo, but I haven't done so.
Good luck and have fun with it, rick=
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