Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:23:37 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>, Equixen- <equixen@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I want to participate in some FreeBSD project Message-ID: <s2k7d6fde3d1004120723k34666aabwb902162ab77d3df0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <19395.3971.18547.383066@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20100412114524.4281119jvvp5na28@webmail.leidinger.net> <19395.3971.18547.383066@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 5:18 AM, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote:
>
> Alexander Leidinger writes:
>
>> =A0In the OSS world people to not get included (getting invited),
>> =A0they more attach themself to something (seeing a warm welcome
>> =A0when providing help).
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0For someone who wants to get up to speed while still makin=
g a
> contributrion, consider updating documentation. =A0While the docs are
> ganarally good, there are a number of places (including the FAQ and
> the Handbook) where material is out-of-date or just poorly worded.
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0If you speak a foreign language, there may be a localizati=
on
> effort with which you can help.
Robert makes an excellent point; we're always in need of more docs
folks and bugbusters to help triage things. It might not be glorious
work, but it certainly helps out folks free up their time and it helps
someone new in the project get up to speed.
All the best,
-Garrett
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