Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 10:28:09 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to become a developer/commiter to FreeBSD Message-ID: <07452fca-c59a-b270-a0a3-b371b46de7e3@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20161202024243.GA70440@becker.bs.l> References: <86a4bb8b9cda427885036a5025745b80@gwp> <20161202024243.GA70440@becker.bs.l>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --5R4DdR7gh8HRLeudUkA51nDL3glB283cV Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="mmMBtTNOXKIDuFh8SLuqdnMXueo5e6sVV"; protected-headers="v1" From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <07452fca-c59a-b270-a0a3-b371b46de7e3@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: How to become a developer/commiter to FreeBSD References: <86a4bb8b9cda427885036a5025745b80@gwp> <20161202024243.GA70440@becker.bs.l> In-Reply-To: <20161202024243.GA70440@becker.bs.l> --mmMBtTNOXKIDuFh8SLuqdnMXueo5e6sVV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2016/12/02 02:42, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > Don't promise yourself too much. I have problem reports with > proposed fixes running for years. I even wrote to the list > that I will not report anything more before my running > reports will be processed, and nothing happened. I am sorry to hear that. It is something I've experienced myself too -- I once had a patch committed about 4 years after I'd submitted it and completely forgotten all about it in the mean time. Yes, this can be a problem. FreeBSD relies (mostly) on volunteers to do the work, and there is always more work to do than volunteers available. People that step up and propose good quality patches should be welcomed with open arms, but they can also fall through the net quite easily. It helps if you can make friends with the appropriate people online -- enough so that they will respond to gentle prodding about looking at your patches. That really shouldn't be necessary, but it is the way the world is. Please don't feel that you are being specifically ignored. Cheers, Matthew --mmMBtTNOXKIDuFh8SLuqdnMXueo5e6sVV-- --5R4DdR7gh8HRLeudUkA51nDL3glB283cV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJYQUzAXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQxOUYxNTRFQ0JGMTEyRTUwNTQ0RTNGMzAw MDUxM0YxMEUwQTlFNEU3AAoJEABRPxDgqeTnTmcP/3mGgdGyDiQ91jGFZB76gDvO YZvaPJQj2Bg6wQBa3zFXS7THWRZLt5xzyHTJMCIqSWcwdpXv1c366gSx45QjSORN yhGHJBaxIrdTJIV20FVzEUJ5okPWOIJ2nEFkPp+0R+KWeK4j6gTge1O7YM+fiY41 7BdJI+aW27eEZRhl2gVCPaEZcjc22IqJOky4SMfH56kKVEfjR3rJ7k9ZzQjinJSo jNhLJlunlbBJeJPEEK51qvs7+po8TO1+t6I5D33twmn7VBK8ZjYoRok80jilLegt KL651G8dRLLeZlLpkVDQzMiENvEk8iH6jGX4kWP5GV2PxduK9Ye0LFPlFqTThk9J Lp0+6TD201oBUb6wHMS4sCwFvXGJG369lHhyAPSueLCW5rdpGzF5B17Xvk0az9Nb XeWU7/r9tXXE3K7LZRiPc7tZimDuH4htslu1BRAIKy0sZov6tg9P2WpAtDKOlExW 62Bqf/HKae94cu9hKwP9SYnYG6RDHjcB67O6BpSJTfM8Vmg4heYwcvIVluvt5+Qq Y07t8gQpalhRgsEXobeT+iDxorUbmKYMn+7wZZI8HIoPtLS2g7nD39WaFLmDgH3k F9fidTghqntonflusGzxcLoNuPmhyjGHnmVdnvg+riOPS2W9erpF3UVF+hZA2Zos zAv9t0LTEiTwdJAgyHoq =MUbh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5R4DdR7gh8HRLeudUkA51nDL3glB283cV--
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