> And if you value your sanity, stay out of anything resembling filesystems. This is a lie.
Hacking on filesystems, and the VFS layer in general is a very rewarding experince, just ask Bob. NFS for example, has been a source of joy for OpenBSD developers for years! >> 2) Is there something like an "openbsd janitors" project where newbies can >> start contributing small patches? similar to the Linux janitors project? > > Not at all. The philosophy behind not having one is that it's considered dangerous > to farm out work to the inexperienced (and this exact topic has been brought up > before, usually by people whining that we didn't make them feel special enough > by not having one). Also it leads to people doing "KNF" style diffs, just to do KNF style diffs. Noone learns anything. Most "KNF" style diffs you see coming from developers is due to them having to read some code, and they cleaned up a little while doing so. While KNF is great, doing KNF just for the sake of doing KNF is hardly ever worth it IMHO.
