Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 13:01:28 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Chris Ryan <chrisryanemail@yahoo.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp-master.FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <413A02F8.5030404@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20040904175348.41931.qmail@web51002.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040904175348.41931.qmail@web51002.mail.yahoo.com>
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Chris Ryan wrote:
>Hi All
>
>I am a keen freeBSD user.
>
>I love rebuilding the kernel / upgrading looking at
>where its going next...
>
>The concepts being released in 5.3 are great including
>the windows drivers hooks...
>
>I am keen to help out where I can.
>
>How can I get access to ftp-master.FreeBSD.org to help
>with testing?
>
>Regards
>
>Chris
>
>
I think the canonical answer is:
1. Master C programming, or at least get Real Good[tm].
2. Submit lots of PR's via send-pr(1) that start with the
string "(PATCH)".
3. Make sure the above fix extant problems or add cool new
features, and that they do it the "Right Way[tm]", instead of
the "this seems to work for me" approach used by Penguin
afficiandos at times...
4. Wait a while, folks notice, then you will be eternally punished with
a "commit bit".
I don't think "master" is open to non-committers. But I could
be wrong about that ...
Kevin Kinsey
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