Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:22:45 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Jos=C3=A9_P=C3=A9rez?= <fbl@aoek.com> To: Erik Trulsson <Erik.Trulsson.1013@student.uu.se> Cc: Anil Gulati <gulati.au@gmail.com>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What are the criteria for contributing to development and testing? Message-ID: <52d86b015df266a52fcfe5e44e2507a3@mail.yourbox.net> In-Reply-To: <20160218114257.45676z5546j0j8z5@webmail.uu.se> References: <CABb3=2t5HnGyRqUhP1vU%2Bp=0efi-Fv5mLERzx71kKu38PPoDvA@mail.gmail.com> <20160217230329.GA6120@becker.bs.l> <CABb3=2smOb%2B-h8D8hmfZV5Vs76sUo9G6vW2FyyGdOpiz==GuVw@mail.gmail.com> <20160218114257.45676z5546j0j8z5@webmail.uu.se>
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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 <gulati.au@gmail.com>: > >>> 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 >> <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> 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"
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