Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2018 11:17:35 -0700 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Sid <sid@bsdmail.com> Cc: clmoonriver@equinedreams.art, "freebsd-doc@freebsd.org" <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Interested in helping with documentation Message-ID: <CAF6rxg=qSzaMK7G-KtKkfzXD3g1hxpndiyKfZqxeKqiO169iWw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <trinity-91e84f6a-80d5-44c4-ac37-7766f3e6bd1a-1530922129341@3c-app-mailcom-lxa14> References: <trinity-91e84f6a-80d5-44c4-ac37-7766f3e6bd1a-1530922129341@3c-app-mailcom-lxa14>
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On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 at 17:09, Sid <sid@bsdmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm pretty new to the community, but I'm interested in helping out in > various ways. I don't know that there's a lot I can contribute yet > (being so new), but I have noticed there are places in the documentation > that are out of date and I could fix. For example, section 5.6.1 lists > the Xorg xdm config files as being in /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm which it > seems they are not in newer versions of FreeBSD. I found them in > /usr/local/etc/X11/xdm. So at least when it comes to noticing errors > like that, and fixing them, I think I can contribute. > > > I know the basics of Docbook and version control, so if there is a > preferred way to submit corrections using diff files or something, I > should be able to pick up on that fairly quickly. > > > Anyway, I'd love to help out, and just looking for some guidance on how > to get started. Sid gave you the correct links to get started. I will also echo that the documentation committers are understaffed. That said, I wouldn't take it the way Sid has: it does take some chasing of people to get commits it, but it means that even small-time contributions can have a big impact. Also, while my development computer is dead, and thus I can't commit to much right now, I take mentoring new people to be much more important than my own commits: if you submit patches I'll try to review and commit them ASAP. -- Eitan Adler
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