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From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com>
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Subject: Re: Getting PRs fixed
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2017 08:33:46 -0800
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On Fri, 1 Dec 2017 08:28:13 -0800 "Freddie Cash" <fjwcash@gmail=2Ecom> said

> On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 7:05 AM, Dieter BSD <dieterbsd@gmail=2Ecom> wrote:
>=20
> > Thought of another idea=2E  When new people write in, asking
> > what they should work on, they receive a variety of suggestions=2E
> > I've seen quite a few of these over the years=2E  I have NEVER seen
> > anyone suggest that they look at the open PRs and work on fixing them=2E
> >
> > Fixing open PRs should be the first, and probably only, suggestion=2E
> >
>=20
> =E2=80=8BYou're not looking very hard, then=2E  That's generally the first =
thing
> suggested when people ask on the mailing lists how they can get involved=2E
>=20
> "Start by scanning through the PR database and find things that interest
> you=2E  Find a piece of software that you like using that doesn't have a po=
rt
> maintainer and see if you can help with it=2E  Find a piece of software you
> like that isn't in the ports tree and see if you can get a port created=2E
> Go through the various Wiki ToDo lists and Junior Jobs lists and see if
> there's anything that interests you=2E  Etc=2E"
>=20
> That's pretty much the list that =E2=80=8Beveryone suggests each time som=
eone
> asks=2E
That's good news! :)
>=20
> --=20
> Freddie Cash
> fjwcash@gmail=2Ecom

--Chris