From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 1 10:04:19 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CED2F49 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2013 10:04:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from karangarg31@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vc0-x234.google.com (mail-vc0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c03::234]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5DD222D5E for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2013 10:04:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f180.google.com with SMTP id ld13so4540168vcb.39 for ; Tue, 01 Oct 2013 03:04:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=et00LW3IyjfMAYafGIDROO696PLdwlhaBhKRE9PWEvk=; b=ZO3BSG3wY07hAAfPUYLw5YHZT7r8OsmWnzURU4TvmiN4v1Z06d1OZ2wQcel7mvLzYB wru0k6BAAgXt1GlRqvZTcxnywD6xinXJPvyJoW35CEmQ/FJsfAUGsaiaJn4vYSyiYzaC PmR5vnVgE9OfKUS+S2YQXt7fW2FLvrGlTQq020lBLMe11VijJ245bMCykbJOGtnAg5Cg AZn3QBfmDjx0itIlgUJUqG3iD/72bGtBunxT9lw/fJ1o24pqWcQi86D6juNFxiPxHETw eWxRTLCES5YrsP6JOZ66CJRTwO7Jti/3Qy46K8lg/QDnqH+C50zbIMMtKd15yIg2yUhW WPRg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.237.208 with SMTP id kp16mr21134337vcb.4.1380621858543; Tue, 01 Oct 2013 03:04:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.76.225 with HTTP; Tue, 1 Oct 2013 03:04:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 15:34:18 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Contributing to FreeBSD From: karan garg To: FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 10:04:19 -0000 On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Pascal Schmid wrote= : > On 09/30/2013 04:30 PM, karan garg wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Jerry wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:16:54 +0530 > >> karan garg articulated: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I am an open source enthusiast and new to freeBSD community. I am an > >>> RHCE and have a reasonable knowledge of linux administration, > >>> database, Bash Scripting, and C/C++. > >>> > >>> I want to contribute to the community. I have gone through the FreeBS= D > >>> handbook, and list of various projects under the community. However, > >>> I was unable to determine a suitable project for me to get started. > >>> So, I would really appreciate if you could help me find a project > >>> that would require my field of knowledge. > >>> > >>> Also, I wish to apply for GSOC-2014 and have checked the ideas page > >>> but found the similar problems as above. > >>> > >>> Also, if you could give me a link of resources and handbook for me to > >>> go through before starting to contribute. > >> > >> Well, if you really want a suggestion, you could try updating the > >> "linux_base-f10-10_7" port that was released by Fedora on November 25, > >> 2008 to something newer, say the Fedora 19, released July 2, 2013. > >> > >> Thanks Jerry, > > But as this is my first experience, can you give me some links to go > > through before I start? > > According to what I found, portsnap is one of the tools that will help = me > > for this. > > > > Also, is this the correct mailing list to keep posting on for this > purpose? > > > >> -- > >> Jerry =E2=99=94 > >> > >> Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. > >> Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. > >> __________________________________________________________________ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > >> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > > > > > > > Hi Karan, > > you should take a look at the FreeBSD porter's handbook > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/ > Thanks a lot! I will go through it at once. > and I think questions@ is the general purpose mailing list for all things := ) > > If your uncertain about some options in your first port I'm sure the > friendly people over at ports@ > will help you! > Thanks! > > Greetings, > Pascal > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --=20 Regards :) Karan