From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 30 14:30:45 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C43D550 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:30:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from karangarg31@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oa0-x230.google.com (mail-oa0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c02::230]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 17FF22C15 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:30:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f48.google.com with SMTP id m6so3812436oag.35 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:30:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=KN3HLUuVH0Lr/1luHo4rSvKjsWDsflhrsCMUFkNctO0=; b=iaF9jit2DLW2y/AL2JRKXldHoBrSCQDEFMqeyl5FHa8PHqdiEIr6v4hz1L17POvs9J 80iEU1+zbtenRGn4oH/yXIklS0FEyfghdrkxBLvSnr9dnycYUaI6KTFEbyfx3mV11tYO SneQA4zLzNORNIFXSdUvDgoJQd0cHY0kWYK2HyNPUKtcgJhT2MQQ2GEUvbVk3U+q8onC Q4PXlKR/bIh6OkObQ0+Z1shYzoE4jRgQCOeD6CdbwTG+ofBO+HwbHeHX5jtC8AKl4IBx EpDLnEbJS5q4wEH78gtqD4LdufXdGL98AL+yQIqehboVDt4tDzkCkPzWAqQgumwEJLYI teSw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.39.161 with SMTP id q1mr982634obk.54.1380551444312; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:30:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.60.45.229 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:30:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130930083034.7d5bf2ff@scorpio> References: <20130930083034.7d5bf2ff@scorpio> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 20:00:44 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Contributing to FreeBSD From: karan garg To: FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:30:45 -0000 On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Jerry wrote: > On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:16:54 +0530 > karan garg articulated: > > > Hi all, > > > > I am an open source enthusiast and new to freeBSD community. I am an > > RHCE and have a reasonable knowledge of linux administration, > > database, Bash Scripting, and C/C++. > > > > I want to contribute to the community. I have gone through the FreeBSD > > handbook, and list of various projects under the community. However, > > I was unable to determine a suitable project for me to get started. > > So, I would really appreciate if you could help me find a project > > that would require my field of knowledge. > > > > Also, I wish to apply for GSOC-2014 and have checked the ideas page > > but found the similar problems as above. > > > > Also, if you could give me a link of resources and handbook for me to > > go through before starting to contribute. > > Well, if you really want a suggestion, you could try updating the > "linux_base-f10-10_7" port that was released by Fedora on November 25, > 2008 to something newer, say the Fedora 19, released July 2, 2013. > > Thanks Jerry, But as this is my first experience, can you give me some links to go through before I start? According to what I found, portsnap is one of the tools that will help me for this. Also, is this the correct mailing list to keep posting on for this purpose? > -- > Jerry =E2=99=94 > > Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. > Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. > __________________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --=20 Regards :) Karan