From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 21 18:36:35 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63BA116A4CE for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:36:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail24.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail24.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D983843D5D for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:36:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 13986 invoked from network); 21 Mar 2005 18:36:34 -0000 Received: from server.baldwin.cx ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 21 Mar 2005 18:36:34 -0000 Received: from [10.50.41.231] (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j2LIaPDQ047594; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:36:26 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org, siraj kutlusan Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:27:43 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200503211127.43874.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-102.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on server.baldwin.cx Subject: Re: freebsd kernel developing X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:36:35 -0000 On Monday 21 March 2005 10:28 am, siraj kutlusan wrote: > This may sound like a silly question but do the FreeBSD kernel > developers come form all around the world or are they only in one > place? And if they are all around the world. Do you need any special > qualifications to become one? All over. The only real qualifications are 1) a desire to do it in the first place that serves as motivation, 2) being able to get along with others, and 3) just sitting down and fixing problems, etc. and submitting the ideas and patches. If they fit in with what the rest of the existing group thinks the direction is, then they will eventually be added to the tree. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org