From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Fri Dec 1 16:28:16 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2CEDE5EF12 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2017 16:28:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lf0-x231.google.com (mail-lf0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c07::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2691B66EFC for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2017 16:28:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: by mail-lf0-x231.google.com with SMTP id j124so12345012lfg.2 for ; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 08:28:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=lSwuzbC70u52vrZjgtjSvyBQTZq++EF3NIApqC342ac=; b=F7LJbRgy1+sdqDD+3r/Cgted1+HY+RWYWpabkd98rrOnVDDkH9I4qcA1T439gY7GAn O79bqTxYrvTRoZU9Qt8FkfE7wZW9zm/4FszSgvNHVqUsKekMNGkr6ci6spvTTHnADb3B fywWrKZWzqSyVVbDWKF/LTls3Sih1HnJjZREPIRXvpDGC3TzxtOpJmbTcr1aicm4/cZT Tbs2cjhptsYdFBRNWUARq/8bfIIV7rOEJksUUuYE7kuFPcJRIFWMOhBuc1kVtTiQjsPb Ph++XJBQ9v0dkjopcKd0Ox8cV0Yxes4zolrawmAUCNaC6vEwsqoNlvoSuV78zOWKuxGw S0qA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=lSwuzbC70u52vrZjgtjSvyBQTZq++EF3NIApqC342ac=; b=aFvvfOaWQwFLh9Rj8HlwQm1t89cL+bbklePxt5/a9iilQfEYRyF2kqd8Hwb7SKnXct 2CkpRuAbugpzSCWhNkZ4BhKFSUzXvenPv/5ZmANprU9DrL6HY8MEh4fEzplMg0rN2/If aysqdadqCiFaU+sG1BX4JePe2arnXmPYhgUZSBDl9i4gXcad2Uq0MhYcqcG6nfo4NXxX YXbJU2E3p4YpnFAczO61CLceKnfvq0X9uuZGh7OVSm9XGqqp/Dvo+RBk8TL3z7YbX9sp yyfZOGgG1h9xFMbV2SlT2SZs/+2+fKgM5PuBCehGIzXWURfztePPpk9BHPO/NlNkqgq2 6icg== X-Gm-Message-State: AJaThX7xFfIaPXArLRV/7aLjudliW6IP85BzoJf5omUXruKJYJFRSSkJ /a3p+AXMUKwqm3HE+Eh+zd9Ktxh5OkN+dteGxbU= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMbGaj8Wo7KLj8/2xdWlMDx7PZZbzl6DJZR19iU3ajLsCUa8U+vy23NGyGrJbiQEwqA6HF4sejGiztQlsXgBHeI= X-Received: by 10.46.20.83 with SMTP id 19mr5417942lju.23.1512145694116; Fri, 01 Dec 2017 08:28:14 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.25.163.145 with HTTP; Fri, 1 Dec 2017 08:28:13 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Freddie Cash Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 08:28:13 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Getting PRs fixed To: Dieter BSD Cc: FreeBSD Hackers Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2017 16:28:16 -0000 On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 7:05 AM, Dieter BSD wrote: > Thought of another idea. When new people write in, asking > what they should work on, they receive a variety of suggestions. > I've seen quite a few of these over the years. I have NEVER seen > anyone suggest that they look at the open PRs and work on fixing them. > > Fixing open PRs should be the first, and probably only, suggestion. > =E2=80=8BYou're not looking very hard, then. That's generally the first th= ing suggested when people ask on the mailing lists how they can get involved. "Start by scanning through the PR database and find things that interest you. Find a piece of software that you like using that doesn't have a port maintainer and see if you can help with it. Find a piece of software you like that isn't in the ports tree and see if you can get a port created. Go through the various Wiki ToDo lists and Junior Jobs lists and see if there's anything that interests you. Etc." That's pretty much the list that =E2=80=8Beveryone suggests each time someo= ne asks. --=20 Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com