Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:05:48 +0800 From: Guangyuan Yang <yzgyyang@gmail.com> To: Benedict Reuschling <bcr@freebsd.org> Cc: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@freebsd.org>, Nikolai Lvovich <nikolaibitinit@gmail.com>, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Willing to help with documentation Message-ID: <CABBk%2B3pTEsjOKPC6T8jRWWGugcmhqGqt5OB-OB1GreexiWAQdA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7b21f52a-98f3-9169-558b-18f3e03beaa9@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAOe0eYWmnQndDSyrFLZjF%2B4uOpRHPYOppHA-C%2BzxGmDuw1OACA@mail.gmail.com> <20181217044757.GA94620@kduck.kaduk.org> <7b21f52a-98f3-9169-558b-18f3e03beaa9@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 2:03 AM Benedict Reuschling <bcr@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > Am 17.12.18 um 05:47 schrieb Benjamin Kaduk: > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 01:55:07AM +0530, Nikolai Lvovich wrote: > >> Hi. > >> > >> I am new to the FreeBSD project (using since FreeBSD 11.1), and I use > it as > >> only desktop OS during my university research, for frankly, I am amazed > by > >> the quality and reliability of it, including the friendly handbook. > >> > >> However, I notice a few outdated info now and then in both > >> > >> > >> 1. 1. FreeBSD handbook > >> 2. 2. FreeBSD developer's handbook. > >> > >> > >> I am willing to help the project by updating the handbook. Please let me > >> know if you guys are interested in my request :) > > > > Generally we are, with the caveat that getting volunteers to have the > time > > to look at submissions can require persistence and manual pestering. > > You'll likely want to read > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/ and submit > > some bugzilla entries > > (https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Documentation). > > Feel free to hop on to #bsddocs on efnet as well, whether for > > questions/discussion or to pester people to look at your patches. > > > > -Ben > > Hello Nikolai, > > I'm glad to hear that you want to help out. Benjamin already covered a > good amount of starting points. If you have a list of things or even > just small bugs that need to be fixed, let us know. The "Quick Start" > section in the FDP primer should get you started: > > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/overview.html#overview-quick-start > > If you have any questions or get stuck, let us know. > > Regards, > Benedict I just wanted to add that if you have a larger patch for documentation, it's always welcome (or preferred, by myself) to submit it to Phabricator https://reviews.freebsd.org and add "doc" group as reviewer. I don't think it's documented in FDP yet, but it's something I'm doing right now :) Again, please don't hesitate to ask for help here! Best, Guangyuan
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