From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 16 11:33:41 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 699F816A41B for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:33:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from redbull.bpaserver.net (redbullneu.bpaserver.net [213.198.78.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDCE513C469 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:33:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (p54A57AA4.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.122.164]) by redbull.bpaserver.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE4932E35F; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:14:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from webmail.leidinger.net (webmail.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.102]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 454373773B; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:14:00 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=Leidinger.net; s=outgoing-alex; t=1195211640; bh=qdckcwwNN0iO7z6fRTtWso8teM8n8V/6L /1kMDE4utU=; h=Message-ID:X-Priority:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject: References:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type: Content-Disposition:Content-Transfer-Encoding:User-Agent; b=01DJVz fpHNyQoFNrb6Msd+7b0JxQYE9ylDlpkFoNrgicle6BkpTsGN9QvDOGYDMS/J7bw4IDa FsVPFA60j+rQXF5qMZ0SNa1e2SSfyuxHrQf4hZ0Mu2p+hQFbsGiZWISi4PtI5EaqCg6 J2KW2yKSsGZwqELcD8wXhwZGSXDwIZpYlRQXuJhFhqYEDM8l5upzPk+YogDvWpt+Dr3 mHM6QSyeiOgx9AeHg/cg32JuYVyYAxVy7F2vJvvyUD0zqVlz73Asj4YSnGsC8aablrt Wru5lSkkFx1gYtbIG93zzjzDFbKeVpseXY8pRUC0el8MxWNhqEB9RRsYtHv/r8whiTB Q== Received: (from www@localhost) by webmail.leidinger.net (8.14.1/8.13.8/Submit) id lAGBDxfg031210; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:13:59 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.cec.eu.int (pslux.cec.eu.int [158.169.9.14]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:13:59 +0100 Message-ID: <20071116121359.5db066ax5wwcsgog@webmail.leidinger.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:13:59 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Fred Bertram References: <473d5781.22528c0a.2758.0843@mx.google.com> In-Reply-To: <473d5781.22528c0a.2758.0843@mx.google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.4) / FreeBSD-7.0 X-BPAnet-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-BPAnet-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-BPAnet-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-14.9, required 8, BAYES_00 -15.00, DKIM_SIGNED 0.00, DKIM_VERIFIED -0.00, RDNS_DYNAMIC 0.10) X-BPAnet-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-Spam-Status: No X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:31:19 +0000 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Would like some simple volunteer work X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:33:41 -0000 Quoting Fred Bertram (from Fri, 16 Nov 2007 =20 17:40:23 +0800): > Just want to enhance my skills and hopefully benefit this online =20 > software community in some way. I enjoy C programming in particular, =20 > havn't really mastered it or other languages. I'd like to practice =20 > by doing whatever though if anybody understands where i'm coming from. As people told you already: the PR database is a good start. Don't be =20 afraid if you don't understand something. Either proceed to the next =20 problem, or just try to start (often a problem looks big from far =20 away, but when you go closer and look around, it's not that big =20 anymore). In case you can not find answers (in our man pages or the =20 source) to questions you come up with while looking at a problem, feel =20 free to ask on the lists (pick one which seems appropriate for the =20 topic you need an answer for). If at some point you feel more confident in what you can do, and you =20 want to do something else than solving problems in our PR database: we =20 also have the ideas list (http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/). =20 It's not a TODO list, it's an ideas list. Projects without technical =20 contacts need an investigation if it is beneficial to have it in =20 FreeBSD or not. It does not contain everything, some specific =20 subprojects have for example a real TODO list. If you provide patches, don't feel bad if someone moans about the =20 quality (it may or may not happen, we are in a public place and all =20 kinds of persons are around). Take it as an opportunity to improve =20 (either the patches, or the way of the presentation/explanation). Bye, Alexander. --=20 Although the moon is smaller than the earth, it is farther away. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137