From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Sun Jun 30 15:53:15 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B19615D9287 for ; Sun, 30 Jun 2019 15:53:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: from mail-qk1-x72a.google.com (mail-qk1-x72a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::72a]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6E3328B5EB for ; Sun, 30 Jun 2019 15:53:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: by mail-qk1-x72a.google.com with SMTP id p144so9073735qke.11 for ; Sun, 30 Jun 2019 08:53:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=OqLDOjoH3u5e7wRNXhjnSY8hlv4YRUgtdWYCAQOGt8M=; b=SGHKC7fGAOQ0J0waAh3yvZ80zo13HRF0QU/4Yrye2D+gNCPMOr2lfJBMJKXHzkSJg7 E0koamzz/SA8y70UMZ/euXEh6kslDSa1nv8pNJbgiotZ1UBTao2tD6X+CjIFWVTd+mlP l0AdG/pFGDMfpYN8pRe32j+ZbotRVhnWin8xuP3zEU7Jwnl/zVZ6BNFAo2E3JF4j3GxQ DVZ81m297wiKQOrEPz4Rl0ztVZPUrDMug8+fq2O4EaOuuexoQkTLVhjuZTH6QLE1XhV7 XAefcKYrsyO1MJgsXP9XA2Dakp8OeHbMzQ0R3ArLReUpq5xMZbzqBMqFYTzChFcoLJil Mlcw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=OqLDOjoH3u5e7wRNXhjnSY8hlv4YRUgtdWYCAQOGt8M=; b=CZbI0+pBJIGnGF7xXRb1m+Nc93MM4weNmC+9hxmgCHTD1HJjBbVEhcjFrXECFHaQR5 5bTrOP/DEhJB55Bw72FoINCRs+8ik9lG8i4hSBsIVfnc+EufxFw7ohmZsvTIX8BOCBTC GJa4nzTOEc0JnyBrT+8IxpXbz2FGLYzB+8po3tRGLOZUqCVo67R++P0ei6HCNRCCxebg GWLoDe9NruYovNfqfp4pnMPqEp1nB2mQP3cTXi0mYCbimHn77OJlPcsj507Kbga2Nz38 nh/emilipj2CbGfJ5cLwj1iG0ozdzr06JZZMKwVoJ25LbTakAXQkVDYdyd1yJpJ7YGs/ 739g== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUvxmWCbYdon0tOtVc6tvf3AfK1XPK0ur4OPVQbO8mKcoLfn3Gr JOZ55u8kajWqzfZmiO1Oqb+ayjUoYDmtxJrHi6/fyQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqx8AOzVN9Gvp+HQYhe2mOPffWkVWoYRlNOafVH4bM5TbckorQ0JA0vEENaPQQdK/SzpHx06aCHacFF7WI2UY14= X-Received: by 2002:a37:6652:: with SMTP id a79mr17547423qkc.60.1561909993876; Sun, 30 Jun 2019 08:53:13 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Warner Losh Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 09:53:03 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: interested in contributing to FreeBSD projects To: Mihir Luthra Cc: Alan Somers , "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 6E3328B5EB X-Spamd-Bar: ----- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.s=20150623 header.b=SGHKC7fG X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.70 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_SOME(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com:s=20150623]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[bsdimp.com]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com:+]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: ALT1.aspmx.l.google.com]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[a.2.7.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.70)[-0.700,0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[imp@bsdimp.com,wlosh@bsdimp.com]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[imp@bsdimp.com,wlosh@bsdimp.com]; IP_SCORE(-2.99)[ip: (-9.44), ipnet: 2607:f8b0::/32(-3.13), asn: 15169(-2.34), country: US(-0.06)]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 15:53:15 -0000 On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 3:56 AM Mihir Luthra 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