From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Nov 3 15:57:32 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DC9D15138 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 15:57:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: from current1.whiste.com (current1.whistle.com [207.76.205.22]) by alpo.whistle.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA44435; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 15:55:32 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 15:55:31 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: Gustavo V G C Rios Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: becoming part of FreeBSD Developer In-Reply-To: <382090E1.E25E0B34@ddsecurity.com.br> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I might suggest that development in FreeBSD has many faces.. those who go through the man pages and check that they accuratly describe the programs are as important as those who write new drivers. You could find some part of FreeBSD that has always annoyed you and decide to fix it.. this is how most work is done.. You do not need permission to fix anything. Though it is usually wise to ask first if someone else is already doing it, or if anyone wildly objects to your changes. regards, Julian On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Gustavo V G C Rios wrote: > Dear gentleman, > i have been using free for the last 12 months! I have never done > anything in terms of system development, so i decide it was the time to > get more involved with FBSD development. In repect to this regard, i > sent a mail to Mr. David Greenman, whose response was: > > "The first step is to get involved with the development community by > subscribing to the FreeBSD mailing lists such as freebsd-arch and > freebsd-hackers." > > So here i am. But the doubts keeps on! I have a pretty small knownledge > about SO internals, but nothing close to what many of you have, what you > wizards suggest me? > > I have no ideia on where to start from! Can anyone here give a light? > Any tips? Any advice? > Every body had/has a start, isn't it? > > > Thanks a lot for your time and cooperation (and *PATIENCE* too). > best regards, > Gustavo Rios > > > -- > Message of the day: > > The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody > appreciates how difficult it was. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message