From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 16 13:12:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEAB337B401 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:12:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB2AE43F75 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:12:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h5GKBScm036487 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:12:50 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h5GKBSO5036486; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:11:28 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:11:28 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Rus Foster Message-ID: <20030616201128.GA36224@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Rus Foster , questions@freebsd.org References: <20030616203815.J98274@thor.65535.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030616203815.J98274@thor.65535.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.5 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Working on PR's X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:12:56 -0000 --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 08:39:26PM +0100, Rus Foster wrote: > I'm looking for non-critical PR to work on and wonder if someone would > mind lending me a a bit of guidnace for my first time? When you say PR, I'm pretty sure you mean "Problem Reports", and not "Public Relations". Even so, that still covers an awful lot of ground. What sort of thing do you want to work on? I mean, are you looking for heavyweight kernel programming? Porting the latest JDK? Rewriting the install system? If you want to work your way into FreeBSD development, a good place to start is this, and the other FreeBSD mailing lists. There's quite a few problems that pop up that can be solved by fairly easy patches. Submitting a stream of PRs with patches for those problems will earn you karma. Then there's the documentation project: that's a relatively accessible part of the system to get into if you can write coherently. Or there's the ports system. Volunteers to become maintainer for one or more ports -- or to write and maintain new ports -- are always in demand. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+7iRwdtESqEQa7a0RAqv1AJsEgHkJjzu6eKlFqOEDsvH7QmcrqwCdHIwj 4/Wd5N1NnK1VlcrD9nqly4Q= =Jbh4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT--