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Date:      Wed, 3 Apr 2013 15:52:27 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
Cc:        core@FreeBSD.org, doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Need help documenting development processes in FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1304031550030.26934@wonkity.com>
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On Mon, 1 Apr 2013, Garrett Cooper wrote:

>    In order to bring contributors up to speed on how to interact with
> FreeBSD, I want to document some of the items that aren't really noted in
> the FreeBSD developers or committers handbook. Some topics that come to
> mind are "How do I do a precommit build?" (tinderbox, etc), "How do I test
> my changes?" (there's a chapter, but it's not helpful), "How do I get
> involved with the project?", "How do I build quickly?", "What are mtree
> files?", etc.
>    I was wondering if a) there are any other developers interested in this
> effort, b) where it should go (in the dev handbook?), and c) who would be
> interested in reviewing the work? I'd like to put it up on the wiki first
> (as I'm not an SGML wizard) and put it in SGML eventually, but I need
> feedback on whether or not this is doable.

This is interesting to me.  I'd suggest an outline first, and not 
worrrying about markup until a rough framework is done.  I can help with 
markup and review.



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