From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 16 22:39:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB92F16A47A for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:39:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jretza@jimmyroadside.com) Received: from jimmyroadside.com (jimmyroadside.com [206.130.107.112]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D09243D46 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:39:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jretza@jimmyroadside.com) Received: from WRKSTN111P4DDI (CPE-70-92-68-17.new.res.rr.com [70.92.68.17]) by jimmyroadside.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k5GMdxH27529 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:40:00 -0600 Message-Id: <200606162240.k5GMdxH27529@jimmyroadside.com> From: "James Retza" To: Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:39:57 -0500 Organization: JimmyRoadside MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Thread-Index: AcaRlctjs2cA0XC7TKOM3uyhKr9PRQ== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Contributor/Developer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: solutions@jimmyroadside.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:39:59 -0000 Good day! Since FreeBSD 3 I have been an active student/user/hacker on my own x86 (Netfinity) based small cluster of servers. Initially, I started with FreeBSD as a path to learn *NIX style operating systems as well as the c programming language, after having spent several years breaking and fixing just about everything I could, and running FreeBSD alongside Solaris x86 & Fedora, I now feel confident enough to take the next step in joining the community. I would like to become a contributor/developer for FreeBSD. I am particularly interested in bringing new features such as ZFS and DTrace to BSD. I am aware of the ongoing work by folks already working on porting DTrace, but am unaware of any ongoing projects to bring ZFS to FreeBSD. Regardless of my preferences, I would be more than happy to get involved where-ever I might be of use whether it be in code, documentation, etc. I am fortunate enough to make my living at home as a website and web application developer for a small design firm with a handful of solid clients; so I can easily make the necessary commitment of time and resources to pursue such a path. My previous contributions have included development work for JRun 3 & 4 and ColdFusion 4-7 for the now Adobe owned Macromedia and once upon a time Allaire. I wish now to take on something more challenging and rewarding. Please inform me as to how I may become a contributor/developer/whatever and where I may most be of use. Thank you, James Retza jretza@jimmyroadside.com