From 49c64cab8f199a5b991de590e05d644043aaf775 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nik Clayton Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 20:59:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add an additional section with a task for interested contributors; "Work through the PR database". Prompted by Doug , who in an e-mail to an interested contributor in -hackers wrote; On Sun, Jul 18, 1999 at 12:01:43PM -0700, Doug wrote: [...] > Step three, (and I can't believe this isn't mentioned in the handbook) if > there isn't anything on that page that looks interesting to you, take a > look at http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi and see if > anything there strikes your fancy. Look first at unsassigned PR's, but > if one of them that is assigned to someone looks like something you can > handle and have time to work on, mail the person it's assigned to and > ask them about it. [...] So now it is mentioned in the Handbook :-) --- en/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml | 21 ++++++++++++++++++- .../articles/contributing/article.sgml | 21 ++++++++++++++++++- .../books/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml | 21 ++++++++++++++++++- .../books/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml | 21 ++++++++++++++++++- 4 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/en/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml b/en/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml index 71a6956f69..dd9b16d1eb 100644 --- a/en/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml +++ b/en/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @@ -408,6 +408,25 @@ + + + Work through the PR database + + The FreeBSD PR + list shows all the current active problem reports and + requests for enhancement that have been submitted by FreeBSD users. + Look through the open PRs, and see if anything there takes your + interest. Some of these might be very simple tasks, that just need an + extra pair of eyes to look over them and confirm that the fix in the + PR is a good one. Others might be much more complex. + + Start with the PRs that have not been assigned to anyone else, but + if one them is assigned to someone else, but it looks like something + you can handle, e-mail the person it is assigned to and ask if you can + work on it—they might already have a patch ready to be tested, + or further ideas that you can discuss with them. + diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/article.sgml index 4c3daa4b29..1770ce4c73 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/article.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/article.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @@ -408,6 +408,25 @@ + + + Work through the PR database + + The FreeBSD PR + list shows all the current active problem reports and + requests for enhancement that have been submitted by FreeBSD users. + Look through the open PRs, and see if anything there takes your + interest. Some of these might be very simple tasks, that just need an + extra pair of eyes to look over them and confirm that the fix in the + PR is a good one. Others might be much more complex. + + Start with the PRs that have not been assigned to anyone else, but + if one them is assigned to someone else, but it looks like something + you can handle, e-mail the person it is assigned to and ask if you can + work on it—they might already have a patch ready to be tested, + or further ideas that you can discuss with them. + diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml index 71a6956f69..dd9b16d1eb 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @@ -408,6 +408,25 @@ + + + Work through the PR database + + The FreeBSD PR + list shows all the current active problem reports and + requests for enhancement that have been submitted by FreeBSD users. + Look through the open PRs, and see if anything there takes your + interest. Some of these might be very simple tasks, that just need an + extra pair of eyes to look over them and confirm that the fix in the + PR is a good one. Others might be much more complex. + + Start with the PRs that have not been assigned to anyone else, but + if one them is assigned to someone else, but it looks like something + you can handle, e-mail the person it is assigned to and ask if you can + work on it—they might already have a patch ready to be tested, + or further ideas that you can discuss with them. + diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml index 71a6956f69..dd9b16d1eb 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @@ -408,6 +408,25 @@ + + + Work through the PR database + + The FreeBSD PR + list shows all the current active problem reports and + requests for enhancement that have been submitted by FreeBSD users. + Look through the open PRs, and see if anything there takes your + interest. Some of these might be very simple tasks, that just need an + extra pair of eyes to look over them and confirm that the fix in the + PR is a good one. Others might be much more complex. + + Start with the PRs that have not been assigned to anyone else, but + if one them is assigned to someone else, but it looks like something + you can handle, e-mail the person it is assigned to and ask if you can + work on it—they might already have a patch ready to be tested, + or further ideas that you can discuss with them. +