From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Mon May 23 22:16:33 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 103BAB47592 for ; Mon, 23 May 2016 22:16:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ike@blackskyresearch.net) Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DAC4812F7 for ; Mon, 23 May 2016 22:16:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ike@blackskyresearch.net) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB43420881; Mon, 23 May 2016 18:16:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2 ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 23 May 2016 18:16:25 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= blackskyresearch.net; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=0ge97 DJCLbil7uT/dICcEUkmgHo=; b=VWTsBwLTywWCcLYQtml+F0i8luwLyt1cpoDAp szVCG8qLsmYClrmNk+ITT+e1EJ5y4aNr8KHPz0fTmFR4jkTPw4oof0JDQJUnVEuk iL7BLqLrmzBv70JkcmK7RGKpstph/TsWP7t8w5oICxvGpc3ZAH2gx9/JnZ6bmkjw Ged55E= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=0ge97DJCLbil7uT /dICcEUkmgHo=; b=LfS0huFyUoKFlGJggdYEn/RlcgPMUkIV0pMW1s+FzhdKnkl SssUvUjUUKr0/6hHug4KVGwCA/CZa0J9yJ9LgxNbXh51AE1CHkb0ZyuxONNOeiek q+Ic0Pf68bK15v8VUmBBgNtseM96/TVPm+jAnzGHkOmMwypobVIFNi6NL/Pg= X-Sasl-enc: mIGEA7nk1IUGHZDC9zN04pLGi3xc8PhXr5jqzsrd6H8T 1464041785 Received: from [10.22.162.12] (64.90.176.98.static.nyinternet.net [64.90.176.98]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 8A219CCD88; Mon, 23 May 2016 18:16:25 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Subject: Re: contributing to open source From: "Isaac (.ike) Levy" In-Reply-To: <20160522222937.GG41763@strugglingcoder.info> Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 18:16:24 -0400 Cc: Benjamin Kaduk , hiren panchasara , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <2F06E9C5-B8DF-495F-B650-1433438E0B6D@blackskyresearch.net> References: <20160522222937.GG41763@strugglingcoder.info> To: Kefeh Collins X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 22:16:33 -0000 Hi Kefeh, All, One more recommendation as you explore, > On May 22, 2016, at 6:29 PM, hiren panchasara = wrote: > On 05/22/16 at 05:31P, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: >> On Sun, 22 May 2016, Kefeh Collins wrote: >>=20 >>> hello >>> i am a second year computer science student, program in c and c++ = and am >>> interested in contributing in operating system (kernel) directed = projects >>> please i need guidance >>=20 >> A couple of thoughts: >>=20 >> (1) There's an "ideas list" at https://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage and >> links to some other things as well, if you are just wanting potential >> topics to work on >>=20 >> (2) You might try to join an IRC channel or two to get a sense for = what is >> going on and get to know some other developers. #bsdcode or #bsddev = on >> EFnet come to mind, but see also https://wiki.freebsd.org/IrcChannels >=20 > Good points, Ben. I'd add: >=20 > (3) Look at https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ and see if you can find > anything you'd like to work on. If you do, propose a patch or ask a > question there without hesitation. >=20 > (4) If you are interested/willing, you can setup a machine (or a VM) > running FreeBSD. (Not directly related to programming but this can = give > you a good idea of how FreeBSD works.) >=20 > Thank you for your interest in FreeBSD! >=20 > Cheers, > Hiren (5) Try to find and attend a *BSD or other UNIX User Group in your area! = The FreeBSD site has a ton of listings, worldwide: https://www.freebsd.org/usergroups.html Best, .ike