From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jun 4 08:05:08 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 628DB32F2C6 for ; Thu, 4 Jun 2020 08:05:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com) Received: from sonic308-56.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (sonic308-56.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [66.163.187.31]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49cyxb4xtcz44M0 for ; Thu, 4 Jun 2020 08:05:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com) X-YMail-OSG: Dl_cxygVM1mtfUE2b4mNYHCBb65Lh73qQ2bD_hn6tqNzDLBu5tA0_nyqLQxatEa b4AahtgnECdJT19IRfJVaYGphDUm94iQE4MUz78rypmcRudtEDoFcCpyhgeERn5YlIHLR31DqVHr 4kF17306W5vul9i89.bCFx5yQDj.1mEP5b9dK4VN5Tosjtrvd9lItWoOdc7dz.e5nvPPJj1eAllr EmAjnkIZ5kc_jZNX_jUU3J8gpPIc2h1yc_hv4KX1EzM2rt6iatEF2zOipJ9AzPn9vmvpFaCbWmo_ ._i4BsgjcoSlb838T9sTPbzKYb0pmoVyxLMNVWjdffZ7MWlIxTPifxK5Pe.JpLP0_SgUAmrXEArC _2YwJWIG79f_O51hHm6WIkXKw5pfUv53w_Wb1suF79REEMLhGNDxJNMRz.LKafP9rCE.9OXJCVbJ UIKweYJ0bih2CxTtqjVLpgXejLideb8s7AStnO6YoWhLGDtX8TlWuLxUSkq.mp1vYOMj03PWl9rw EX5KPRoJBltzxQKkrQuM8nlU6.sxxhgKKJecMztAaeQAfOO0mxxfiFNmQOTKJNdIzsXJ4_l7OJrZ Xu1mSubjwhEBLwS78KgVw0_DfMntQv0ocWUCpH0_aRjUEGkxbvkybPlP9FHMG6xsrzaRzj4iiRk5 4KEefK0xR3DnwP6pNE7oJlwUPCjVVbBgRVWIxVmUHYIxUTX0OJejUbXaghx_5zz6eqRwrxzD2Gbg 84NegWPWglqcQBAxbdViGCiSVOaAiOGSJx4FTJMXerU5Bde9v1SG_Ifi7nHts.vAaCqwmipN5crz 4csdKJCA4wCcO86h10RIjugQEl.jY.6vC6R7XLVUFc1Bo4twg_M6clYq_j.txrn5X0XlmQrhy1OX Se1OG0FyZlDnTSJ0EIkPyryGlyUZ6CIUtccn0zxE79MAK6VE2Xy5UCZOIOj5yEkLHOY0Qga2bzMQ YlCH5SqUEGet0EmMcRAdubWIwEAdtXZYLNCuTvr6YlDiBu29XHH29B_83EQcPyDTHdCPIljp.cW3 SaIzEqPr6mPnuuDynsQl4Bcl7tP591NDit9WM9L0KXtWfdf2vJMhNUyNRB27gfsb9rDnW1cFoDxE .m0QqVFq3qdvQNqGG8Wt.cvDjmk.AgFSurBARoPk4UEeR4G_UTb.MARFwCQ3oYGrT1PXBuR04WCD eufz_YdaLeecqGn4XveVG1u1egY5q2bVTEkOyWsl8f0AEUuTQEswrvZ_xjwMA5eKiBO7jhWL_HU. 9juSU79s6MeDKK3h7AyD.3cfcQhTN0EDW6eEbEigTHHD6WNj1rOUNAx09tPwD.ip2BBdkBTZJXu. 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My question is= whether or not there is anything I can contribute or maintain for freebsd = without any skills. What direction should I take my education if I wish to = be able to maintain a port. Is c++ programming required? What else is requi= red? You have posted a few similar threads on this subject but: > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Are you actually using FreeBSD? Before even thinking of contributing, why don't you give yourself 1 or 2 years of solid use of the operating system? Install, uninstall, break, fix, reinstall, configure. You can do this in a VM first and then maybe on real hardware. You don't go from n00b to developer in one day. -- Ottavio Caruso