From nobody Mon Sep 15 11:21:08 2025 X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4cQMzh6Npcz68RT7 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:21:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp) Received: from www121.sakura.ne.jp (www121.sakura.ne.jp [153.125.133.21]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4cQMzg6bqJz3xTQ; Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:21:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from kalamity.joker.local (124-18-6-240.area1c.commufa.jp [124.18.6.240]) (authenticated bits=0) by www121.sakura.ne.jp (8.18.1/8.17.1/[SAKURA-WEB]/20201212) with ESMTPA id 58FBL88M044046; Mon, 15 Sep 2025 20:21:10 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=dec.sakura.ne.jp; s=s2405; t=1757935270; bh=ml0mcdK8c60lvY5DNFHJsm7Ss9Qsb8GMlVgMXTpSWAE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=NAFuygcFpUZVcO3iOhNjFG8apHlp7HaZU2ajhUyR0zBJmVNVunb9j564kT0wXqiTz nCvRB/tghRqXyP93/6vbSXSxMQwCn6yNVp7VfOavplLVsyzNvhYtD0jb81KmsclztW XEGHkkWMDo4d+fLKm0KYRoNnlNve5QRFDYDfoalU= Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 20:21:08 +0900 From: Tomoaki AOKI To: obiwac Cc: Ananay Sharma , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Seeking guidance on starting FreeBSD contribution Message-Id: <20250915202108.d152be4b7facc0e41be66fc4@dec.sakura.ne.jp> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Junchoon corps X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.33; amd64-portbld-freebsd15.0) List-Id: Technical discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7684, ipnet:153.125.128.0/18, country:JP] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4cQMzg6bqJz3xTQ Hi. Have you read this? https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/contributing/ On Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:21:47 +0200 obiwac wrote: > Hi! > > > However, I don’t use FreeBSD regularly and I’m not sure where to start or how its components work in practice. I would greatly appreciate any advice on how to begin learning about FreeBSD development or how to get involved with small contributions. > > I think definitely the #1 thing you should do is actually use FreeBSD > regularly. Once you do you'll quickly figure out how things work > especially if you try to drill down and try to understand things that > you don't understand or seem weird to you. > > In terms of contributions, you might come up with some small stuff you > wanna do while doing #1, but otherwise if you hang around FreeBSD > spaces long enough I'm sure you'll stumble across something you wanna > work on. > > There's also the ideas list although these count as a bit more than > "small" contributions: > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage > https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas > > But yeah overall my only advice is to actually use (as your daily > driver if you can) and spend time with FreeBSD. > > On Mon, 15 Sept 2025 at 01:11, Ananay Sharma wrote: > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I’m Ananay Sharma, a 2nd-year undergraduate student in Computer Science. For the past few months, I have been learning how computer systems work and studying Operating Systems through the UCB OS lectures. I found FreeBSD fascinating and would really love to contribute to it in the future. > > > > However, I don’t use FreeBSD regularly and I’m not sure where to start or how its components work in practice. I would greatly appreciate any advice on how to begin learning about FreeBSD development or how to get involved with small contributions. > > > > Thank you very much for your time. > > > > Best regards, > > Ananay Sharma -- Tomoaki AOKI