Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:58:02 +0100 From: Lockless <lockless@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to contribute to the pkg_* tools project ? Message-ID: <45DCB25A.10509@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <20070221081100.ubrz4jki40o8sk8g@webmail.leidinger.net> References: <45DB5A5B.6070007@wanadoo.fr> <20070221081100.ubrz4jki40o8sk8g@webmail.leidinger.net>
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Alexander Leidinger a écrit : > Quoting Lockless <lockless@wanadoo.fr> (from Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:30:19 > +0100): > >> We (Lucas <Bobby> H. and Alexandre <Lock> C.) are two young students >> from France. We have a quite good theoretical knowledge of C >> programing, but we would like to improve our experience in real >> projects. So we looked at the Projects Ideas on the FreeBSD website, >> and finally found out that contributing to the pkg_* tools could be >> great, but there was no e-mail to contact on the page. >> So who could we contact to get more informations about this project ? > > It is ports related, so the mailinglist dealing with ports (CCed, please > strip hackers@ on reply) would be the most appropriate, as there are the > most people which may be able to contribute with improvement ideas. > > Basically the entry on the ideas list says to have a look at the code > and find stuff which can be improved. Be creative. Profile the tools and > try to make them faster. Have a look at the code and try to make it > better (maybe there's stuff which should be put into a library and used > in all pkg tools). Google around for stuff other people may have done or > may want to see. > > Don't let people lurk you into making a replacement for portupgrade (it > may be a goal for the second or third project you want to tackle). For > what you want to do this may be a little bit too early. First get a > grasp at the existing features and improve them. > > An upcomming entry on the ideas list talks about the use of berkeley db > in the pkg tools (where it makes sense). This was submitted by kris@ (a > member of portmgr@), so feel free to talk with him (but he reads ports@, > so talking about it on ports@ will not only give you input from Kris, > but also from other people). > > Bye, > Alexander. > > --Hideously disfigured by an ancient Indian curse? > > WE CAN HELP! > > Call (511) 338-0959 for an immediate appointment. > > http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 > http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus > mail.Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. > > > > Ok thank you, we're gonna ask in the right list. Bye!
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