Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 15:34:18 +0530 From: karan garg <karangarg31@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Contributing to FreeBSD Message-ID: <CAHBSr6%2BFqbZ2W6fn8CM6kFWKbp72AXPGpSJ=vitBB3VQqGArnA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Pascal Schmid <pascal@lechindianer.de>wrote= : > On 09/30/2013 04:30 PM, karan garg wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:16:54 +0530 > >> karan garg articulated: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I am an open source enthusiast and new to freeBSD community. I am an > >>> RHCE and have a reasonable knowledge of linux administration, > >>> database, Bash Scripting, and C/C++. > >>> > >>> I want to contribute to the community. I have gone through the FreeBS= D > >>> handbook, and list of various projects under the community. However, > >>> I was unable to determine a suitable project for me to get started. > >>> So, I would really appreciate if you could help me find a project > >>> that would require my field of knowledge. > >>> > >>> Also, I wish to apply for GSOC-2014 and have checked the ideas page > >>> but found the similar problems as above. > >>> > >>> Also, if you could give me a link of resources and handbook for me to > >>> go through before starting to contribute. > >> > >> Well, if you really want a suggestion, you could try updating the > >> "linux_base-f10-10_7" port that was released by Fedora on November 25, > >> 2008 to something newer, say the Fedora 19, released July 2, 2013. > >> > >> Thanks Jerry, > > But as this is my first experience, can you give me some links to go > > through before I start? > > According to what I found, portsnap is one of the tools that will help = me > > for this. > > > > Also, is this the correct mailing list to keep posting on for this > purpose? > > > >> -- > >> Jerry =E2=99=94 > >> > >> Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. > >> Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. > >> __________________________________________________________________ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > >> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > > > > > > > Hi Karan, > > you should take a look at the FreeBSD porter's handbook > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/ > Thanks a lot! I will go through it at once. > and I think questions@ is the general purpose mailing list for all things := ) > > If your uncertain about some options in your first port I'm sure the > friendly people over at ports@ > will help you! > Thanks! > > Greetings, > Pascal > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --=20 Regards :) Karan
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