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| author | Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-07-30 20:59:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-07-30 20:59:55 +0000 |
| commit | 49c64cab8f199a5b991de590e05d644043aaf775 (patch) | |
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| parent | 6c26cf33aedb21a27302f3cfcde67c19c574b37d (diff) | |
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Add an additional section with a task for interested contributors;
"Work through the PR database".
Prompted by Doug <Doug@gorean.org>, 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 :-)
Notes
Notes:
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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 @@ <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project - $Id: chapter.sgml,v 1.75 1999-07-28 20:23:17 nik Exp $ + $Id: chapter.sgml,v 1.76 1999-07-30 20:59:55 nik Exp $ --> <chapter id="contrib"> @@ -408,6 +408,25 @@ </listitem> </orderedlist> </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Work through the PR database</title> + + <para>The <ulink + url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi">FreeBSD PR + list</ulink> 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.</para> + + <para>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.</para> + </sect2> </sect1> <sect1> |