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On 5 Jan 2012 04:13, "Janketh Jay" <jankyj@unfs.us> wrote:
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> Hi guys!
>
> On 01/04/2012 08:19 PM, Chad Perrin wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 12:20:45PM +1000, Da Rock wrote:
> >> On 01/05/12 12:11, Chad Perrin wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The best way to learn, I think, is to get yourself a mentor and jump
in.
> >>> That's how I'm doing it (and yeah, that means I'm not the right
person to
> >>> mentor you).
> >>
> >> Thats what I'm looking for, alright. I've been looking for a few
> >> years now. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Ask on this list, I guess.
> >
> > Hey -- does anyone (qualified) want to mentor Da Rock as a port
> > maintainer?
> >
>
>    As much as I hate to toss Chris Rees "under the bus" on this, he's
> be EXTREMELY helpful to me when creating ports that have small hiccups
> like this. He's very knowledgeable. While he might be a bit too busy to
> be a "mentor", I'm sure he wouldn't have a problem pointing you in the
> right direction(s) if you have questions about ports. He'll most likely
> reply to this with what he thinks about it...

I'll answer any questions to the list that I can ;)

Chris