From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Thu Feb 18 11:48:56 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A6B3AAB47C; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:48:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbl@aoek.com) Received: from srv56-45.cdn.bestreaming.com (ns330343.ip-37-187-119.eu [37.187.119.94]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "amnesiac", Issuer "amnesiac" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5385DAB3; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:48:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbl@aoek.com) Received: from mail.yourbox.net (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by srv56-45.cdn.bestreaming.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u1IBMjbW053266; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:22:45 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from fbl@aoek.com) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:22:45 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Jos=C3=A9_P=C3=A9rez?= To: Erik Trulsson Cc: Anil Gulati , freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What are the criteria for contributing to development and testing? In-Reply-To: <20160218114257.45676z5546j0j8z5@webmail.uu.se> References: <20160217230329.GA6120@becker.bs.l> <20160218114257.45676z5546j0j8z5@webmail.uu.se> Message-ID: <52d86b015df266a52fcfe5e44e2507a3@mail.yourbox.net> X-Sender: fbl@aoek.com User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.1.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:48:56 -0000 Hi, if you want to contribute, please have a look at this thread: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2016-January/017109.html Regards, --- José Pérez El 2016-02-18 11:42, Erik Trulsson escribió: > Quoting Anil Gulati : > >>> On Thursday, 18. Feb 2016, 02:07:16 +1100, Anil Gulati wrote: >>> > [...] buying >>> > an Intel NUC or System 76 with 5th Gen Broadwell Intel i3/i/5/i7 would be a >>> > no go for X11 on FreeBSD. >>> > >>> > Is it possible for me to contribute to the development and testing of >>> > driver support to get these chips working with the Intel HD Graphics 6000 >>> > 6100 etc? >>> > >>> > [...] >>> > >>> > What are the criteria for contributing to development and testing? >> >> On 18 February 2016 at 10:03, Bertram Scharpf >> wrote: >>> Patience, patience, and again patience. Two and a half >>> months ago I made the same offer to contribute because I own >>> a Broadwell and because I'm an experienced programmer. The >>> only thing I asked for was some instructions where to start >>> from as I'm new to the FreeBSD kernel. >> >> Thanks for the perspective, Bertram. >> This is the second time I'm considering entering the fray. >> The previous time I wanted to help a Python project move to Python 3K >> and worked on code off and on for 3 years but couldn't get any direct >> communication and ended up collaborating with someone else who was >> pretty much in the same boat but the maintainer never accepted any >> pull requests and I began to suspect some duplication of work. >> >> This time I therefore don't want to start unless I'm sure I've got an >> entry point that the project team actually wants to delegate. > > If you are waiting for someone to hold your hand and guide you while > you > get up to speed with FreeBSD development, then you may have to wait a > very long time. > > You can read the various documents found at > https://www.freebsd.org/docs/books.html for some information and > introduction, but beyond that you are pretty much on your own as > far as I can tell. > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"