Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:19:06 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Netroby <hufeng1987@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can i improve freebsd-doc? Message-ID: <CAF6rxgk%2BCO=ANKWpOf_9Odiit2Paaux1uSnh2CGwZk7t%2Bto6HA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAEZo%2BgdMDsEMmkJjtShfj3yq-D=esAV-DuEPB17y7_5PQB9OWQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEZo%2BgdMDsEMmkJjtShfj3yq-D=esAV-DuEPB17y7_5PQB9OWQ@mail.gmail.com>
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-On 10 January 2013 20:27, Netroby <hufeng1987@gmail.com> wrote: > How can i improve freebsd-doc? > I had learn FreeBSD for about ten years, since year 2003. > in the past years, freebsd growth fast , but the document need more improvement. I am shocked that no one replied in the last 6 days. Maybe everyone is on vacation? > i want to teach my experience to new hand , who just begin his > learning, step by step tutorial would be very usebable. > > so i want to find a way join the doc committer , or what every? There is a lot of work that the documentation project needs help with: the easy is to start with a list of problems such as https://wiki.freebsd.org/ThwackAFAQ - look for the red ones and follow the instructions at the top to start sending patches. Don't worry much now about formatting rules or things like that - we could help you with that once you figure out how the toolchain works. The way to get involved is to Just Start. > i noticed in the new commiter guide, some body want to join the > Committer, need a mentorship. > but i have no idea how to do. where to find mentorship? You absolutely don't *need* a mentor to start. The mentorship thing is what happens when you do an awesome job a lot of times - someone gets annoyed and offers you the opportunity to get a "commit bit" (basically, another way of saying that you are responsible for your own mistakes). -- Eitan Adler
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