On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 06:12:36AM +0300, ?????????????? ???????? wrote: > 2009/6/2 patrick keshishian <pkesh...@gmail.com>: > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:05 PM, PP2P3P5P=P8P9 P.P=P0P: <e.yu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi! > >> Personally, i think this is a really good question, because there are many > >> people, who are just starting up, and they could be of some help, if they > >> knew what to do. I think it would be a great idea of having a general list > of > >> what needs to be done > > > > You mean something like the bug database? > > Yes, but the tracker is about bugs, there is no such category as > enhancement proposal. Maybe, just include such "class"? And i feel > there still is a need for > a list of what needs to be done, and who is responsible (think most active > developers) for what subsystem. That will bring more openness to the > development process, and it actually helps. OpenBSD was the first one to > have public anon cvs. Having such tools is a normal way of communication in > a big open source project, isn't it? > Don't get me wrong, i'm not requesting or demanding anything, i'm just > throwing me ideas, hoping it would help the community become involved. > I know many (three to four, actually ;)) happy OpenBSD users, who would > love to contribute, but they don't know where to start with. Reading > code that already exist, then writing some new - that's how it always > works, but when > you are unexperienced and just want to give it a try it really helps > when someone > points out what to do for you, so you just have to find a way to do > it. It's also > always good to know that someone needs your code, your work, not that it will > be thrown away, it helps motivating. People are all different, and for > some of them this is important. Also, one brain is good, ten are much > better, so if > by any chance i can get an experienced kernel hacker review my idea before > i actually code it, i would greatly appreciate that. > Am i completely wrong and should shut up? I'm fine with it, just tell me, > thanks for your time! >
Count me as one of these guys, I'm always looking at the bug database but I often lose my motivation questioning if my work would be useful. Would be nice to have a place with easy to intermediate things that have to be done. -- Christiano Farina HAESBAERT Do NOT send me html mail.
