Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2023 21:58:35 -0400 From: k sridhar <ksrdhrbsd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Contributing to one of the projects in the Ideas page Message-ID: <CANYUEJw_nWoHuWod4KVsFXtYb7P-gveGy7G1UaqK_DwrET1GVg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CANYUEJz_ADHMOV8j1wWgKZ_BqoMO4YfXYFjBLyAJ%2B9cfxvtCCg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANYUEJz_ADHMOV8j1wWgKZ_BqoMO4YfXYFjBLyAJ%2B9cfxvtCCg@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hello, I was browsing the Ideas page for ways to contribute to BSD. I came across this (which does not have any contact, I think). If it is still open, I wanted to check if I could try to do this. Briefly - I am in IT, and have been using UNIX since grad school in the early 90s (Solaris, briefly Ultrix/Aix and then different Linuxes and MacOS). C/C++/Java programming, scripting, installs, etc... and various other stuff. I want to give it a shot if you all think that is ok. Thanks a lot k.sridhar (U.S resident in Virginia) *Improve cron(8) and atrun(8)* *Currently, cron(8) and atrun(8) are outdated in their implementation. Here are some directions for improvement:* - *Update cron(8) to ISC cron with security fixes from OpenBSD.* - *Integrate the atrun(8) functionality into cron(8), as it was done in NetBSD.* *Requirements* - *Strong knowledge of the C language and Unix API.* [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello,<br></div><div><br></div><div>I was browsing the Ideas page for ways to contribute to BSD.</div><div>I came across this (which does not have any contact, I think).</div><div><br></div><div>If it is still open, I wanted to check if I could try to do this.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Briefly - I am in IT, and have been using UNIX since grad school in the early 90s (Solaris, briefly Ultrix/Aix and then different Linuxes and MacOS). C/C++/Java programming, scripting, installs, etc... and various other stuff. <br><div><br></div><div>I want to give it a shot if you all think that is ok.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks a lot</div><div>k.sridhar (U.S resident in Virginia)</div><div><h2 id="m_-6583457652973336899m_-7066719117085389368gmail-Improve_cron.288.29_and_atrun.288.29" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif"><i><font size="1">Improve cron(8) and atrun(8)</font></i></h2><i><font size="1"><span id="m_-6583457652973336899m_-7066719117085389368gmail-line-383" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif"></span><span id="m_-6583457652973336899m_-7066719117085389368gmail-line-384" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif"></span></font></i><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif"><i><font size="1">Currently, cron(8) and atrun(8) are outdated in their implementation. Here are some directions for improvement:<span id="m_-6583457652973336899m_-7066719117085389368gmail-line-385"></span><span id="m_-6583457652973336899m_-7066719117085389368gmail-line-386"></span></font></i></p><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif"><li><i><font size="1">Update cron(8) to ISC cron with security fixes from OpenBSD.<span id="m_-6583457652973336899m_-7066719117085389368gmail-line-387"></span></font></i></li><li><i><font size="1">Integrate the atrun(8) functionality into cron(8), as it was done in NetBSD.<span id="m_-6583457652973336899m_-7066719117085389368gmail-line-388"></span><span id="m_-6583457652973336899m_-7066719117085389368gmail-line-389"></span></font></i></li></ul><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif"></p><h5 id="m_-6583457652973336899m_-7066719117085389368gmail-Requirements-20" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif"><i><font size="1">Requirements</font></i></h5><i><font size="1"><span id="m_-6583457652973336899m_-7066719117085389368gmail-line-390" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif"></span><span id="m_-6583457652973336899m_-7066719117085389368gmail-line-391" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif"></span></font></i><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif"><li><i><font size="1">Strong knowledge of the C language and Unix API.</font></i></li></ul></div></div></div> </div></div> </div>
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