Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 17:48:36 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=C3=ADa?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> To: bsd-lists@bsdforge.com Cc: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Dieter BSD <dieterbsd@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Getting PRs fixed Message-ID: <CAGwOe2aYKaFVGO-KvaTC8Lm7zAy7jrf9k2EWKS8vg6BAdeS3eQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ab3429737f8a9dc4ed4194dc93e0e6e5@udns.ultimatedns.net> References: <CAOjFWZ4Xxxg=hifjqQOmkYWqbSbW1WvfD96JPtcgG2aFSzvywA@mail.gmail.com> <ab3429737f8a9dc4ed4194dc93e0e6e5@udns.ultimatedns.net>
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On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 5:33 PM, Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote: > On Fri, 1 Dec 2017 08:28:13 -0800 "Freddie Cash" <fjwcash@gmail.com> said > >> On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 7:05 AM, Dieter BSD <dieterbsd@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Thought of another idea. When new people write in, asking >> > what they should work on, they receive a variety of suggestions. >> > I've seen quite a few of these over the years. I have NEVER seen >> > anyone suggest that they look at the open PRs and work on fixing them. >> > >> > Fixing open PRs should be the first, and probably only, suggestion. Triage of the PR database would be needed as a requisite. Newcomers might want to start _trying_ to fix low hanging fruits. Some (not all) of the unresolved long standing PRs are there for a reason. >> > >> >> You're not looking very hard, then. That's generally the first thing >> suggested when people ask on the mailing lists how they can get involved. >> >> "Start by scanning through the PR database and find things that interest >> you. Find a piece of software that you like using that doesn't have a >> port >> maintainer and see if you can help with it. Find a piece of software you >> like that isn't in the ports tree and see if you can get a port created. >> Go through the various Wiki ToDo lists and Junior Jobs lists and see if >> there's anything that interests you. Etc." >> >> That's pretty much the list that everyone suggests each time someone >> asks. > > That's good news! :) >> >> >> -- >> Freddie Cash >> fjwcash@gmail.com > > > --Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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