Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 09:53:03 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Mihir Luthra <luthramihir708@gmail.com> Cc: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: interested in contributing to FreeBSD projects Message-ID: <CANCZdfoQ%2BdR%2BNSC6_dLWezTduBBjJr7Yyvo9ytgynnTFvo7DMA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAEa=dYDdkV1Lw7HtvCAeQsQmC=EVch%2BCwzcHR%2BdjWi250h8CZg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEa=dYAY2NdpKnpxeWRDnTPrudLtqxv-nw1k-_%2BxQquR6CuuZg@mail.gmail.com> <CAOtMX2jvTS534hjxfveeN6a42B-FXgj0pXFtibSxigyqNehXgA@mail.gmail.com> <CAEa=dYBvq0x5riPqhHptDUs%2BTiru_4N80oaSrgp0xVZ3=Ajsdw@mail.gmail.com> <CAOtMX2jtrfGNR96_xNDwpMPvYMxVVKXuDe=M6Magus8-0SNLUg@mail.gmail.com> <CAEa=dYDdkV1Lw7HtvCAeQsQmC=EVch%2BCwzcHR%2BdjWi250h8CZg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 3:56 AM Mihir Luthra <luthramihir708@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Alan, > > As told, I sent a mail on freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org. I haven=E2=80=99t rece= ived any > responses yet. > Can I still start to work on project? Or should I wait? > Also could you possibly suggest me some links which I should read being a > newcomer? > Sometimes people are busy. It's always a balancing act. Sometimes you get good feedback, sometimes not. It's best to ask like you did, but then if you get nothing to plow ahead. People are usually pretty good about highlighting areas of improvement for patches should your patches need them. Often times it's easier to talk from a specific patch than more generally about something as vague as general cleanup. The project should be better about talking about things on the front end rather than the back end. My recommendation to you would be to start small. Pick some small area of cleanup. Do it and post a phabricator review. I'll try to catch that you've done this and look at it (though you are welcome to email the review and/or add me to the list of reviewers). You should also tell net@freebsd.org as well about the review. hackers@ too might be good. Both groups have traditionally been dominated by kernel people, so casting a wider net is good. Warner
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