Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 18:45:26 +0000 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> To: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Okay, I think I need some serious introduction ;-) Message-ID: <200302091845.h19IjQaX035407@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 09 Feb 2003 18:37:41 GMT." <5.0.2.1.1.20030209183111.03475ea8@popserver.sfu.ca>
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Colin Percival writes: > At 18:16 09/02/2003 +0000, Mark Murray wrote: > >Use the OS. When something bothers you, fix it :-). Submit your fix > >back through the usual channels to learn the project norms and customs. > > Continuing on with this process, what's the next step? Specifically, > after finding a bug, fixing it, submitting a PR with included patches to > -CURRENT and -STABLE, and watching it sit in GNATS for 8 weeks, is there > anything to do other than keep on waiting? Yeah. Do enough of the above to get a good portfolio of patches "on register". Participate in mailing lists such that your name and credibility are recognised. Sooner or later someone will get annoyed by this unprovoked display of compatibility and competence and punish you with a commit bit. After that, you commit your own damn patches. ;-) M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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