From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Feb 9 13:40:13 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A763437B401 for ; Sun, 9 Feb 2003 13:40:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from gldis.ca (constans.gldis.ca [66.11.169.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C746E43F85 for ; Sun, 9 Feb 2003 13:40:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gldisater@gldis.ca) Received: from gldis.ca (gldisater@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gldis.ca (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h19Le9gb009292; Sun, 9 Feb 2003 16:40:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gldisater@gldis.ca) Received: (from gldisater@localhost) by gldis.ca (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id h19Le9hT009291; Sun, 9 Feb 2003 16:40:09 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 16:40:09 -0500 From: Jeremy Faulkner To: Mark Murray Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Okay, I think I need some serious introduction ;-) Message-ID: <20030209214009.GA9242@constans.gldis.ca> References: <5.0.2.1.1.20030209183111.03475ea8@popserver.sfu.ca> <200302091845.h19IjQaX035407@grimreaper.grondar.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200302091845.h19IjQaX035407@grimreaper.grondar.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 06:45:26PM +0000, Mark Murray wrote: > 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 recognized. 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 And finally, you too can be imitated by the project's pet troll. -- Jeremy Faulkner http://www.gldis.ca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message