On 03/31/2014 10:00 AM, Julio Faracco wrote: > Hi everybody! > > I sent an e-mail to Daniel asking about contributing to the libvirt > community for free. > So, I copied the e-mail to the libvirt mailing list as Daniel suggested me. > If anyone can help me I'd be pleased. Welcome to the community. I'd suggest starting off by reading http://libvirt.org/hacking.html and http://libvirt.org/governance.html to get more of a feel for what contributions involve. Among other things, we prefer working in the open (keep the list in the loop), which is why Daniel was right to redirect your 1-on-1 email back to the list instead of answering you outright. And if something didn't make sense, point it out - you aren't the only new person, so we'd like to fix it to make it easier for the next reader! > > - Can I fix a random open bug? Sure. There's plenty of bugs out there, but it may be easiest to start with one that you can personally reproduce. > - How to understand which bug can be easier to solve? Feel free to ask on the list for some beginner project ideas. I personally find it helpful to try documentation patches first - as a newcomer, your perspective is quite valuable in comparison to some of us that overlook things "because they've always been that way"; plus, documenting things can help you learn what the code is doing. > - How to follow the conversation of the mailing list? Sometimes I feel so > lost. Unfortunately, that's going to be true of any high-volume list (it only gets worse as you move on to larger projects like the kernel). > > I was looking for a mentor (if you know someone who could help me) or a > person who can help me to follow the right way to start it. > Thanks very much. I can't personally commit to time as a mentor, based on other assignments I have, but in general if you ask on the list, someone will try to respond (and if you go more than 48 hours without a response, we don't mind a ping to kick us into action). The #virt IRC channel on OFTC is also a good resource, particularly for real-time questions. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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