Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 19:07:51 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Andrew <andrew@ugh.net.au> Cc: Trish Lynch <trish@bsdunix.net>, <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: projects that need to be done... Message-ID: <20020606190611.H3036-100000@patrocles.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <20020607092615.B71955-100000@starbug.ugh.net.au>
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On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Andrew wrote: > On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Trish Lynch wrote: > > > what types of things can be done by people who are generally just > > learning thier way around some of the code? is there anyone willing to > > You could go through the PR database and see if there are any problems > reported that you could solve. If you can't actually solve it it doesn't > matter...you're further analysis may be enough to help someone else fix > it...you could post your results to the mailing list...i.e I was looking > at PR xxxxx and I found this, this and this. I think the problem is line x > in x.c but I'm not sure what the correct solution is... > > Andrew Or, if you're so inclined, start working on adding a feature that you find lacking in FreeBSD. Mentoring someone is a great idea, but it doesn't end up working too well in a volunteer project. Contribution works best when it's self motivated. If you can't think of anything to do, Andrew's suggestion of looking through the PR database is a good one. Mike "Silby" Silbersack To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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