From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Mon Nov 9 23:26:54 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB115A2A7C7 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 2015 23:26:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmg@gold.funkthat.com) Received: from gold.funkthat.com (gate2.funkthat.com [208.87.223.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "gold.funkthat.com", Issuer "gold.funkthat.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CACF01D1D for ; Mon, 9 Nov 2015 23:26:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmg@gold.funkthat.com) Received: from gold.funkthat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gold.funkthat.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id tA9NQl5A076171 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 9 Nov 2015 15:26:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg@gold.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by gold.funkthat.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id tA9NQl5P076170; Mon, 9 Nov 2015 15:26:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 15:26:47 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Christopher Sacchi Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 14 year old programmer would like to contribute code to FreeBSD Message-ID: <20151109232647.GL65715@funkthat.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE amd64 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 54BA 873B 6515 3F10 9E88 9322 9CB1 8F74 6D3F A396 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html X-TipJar: bitcoin:13Qmb6AeTgQecazTWph4XasEsP7nGRbAPE X-to-the-FBI-CIA-and-NSA: HI! HOW YA DOIN? can i haz chizburger? User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (gold.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 09 Nov 2015 15:26:48 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2015 23:26:55 -0000 Christopher Sacchi wrote this message on Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 11:59 -0500: > My name is Chris, (in case you cannot already tell) and at a CodeDay event > I realized I'm better at working in a team than by myself or when I lead it > ATM, and because I love FreeBSD and Linux as well as programming (in the > subject of the email) I would love to help whenever I can. Ports is a good way to get started, but you can also look at the bug database (https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/) for bugs that look interesting to track down. There is also a list of tasks that people have put together too: https://wiki.freebsd.org/JuniorJobs Best way is just start using it, and when you see a rough edge, contact a responsible developer and work on it. Good luck! -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."