On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Excuse me, I did not see the patch details, but I guess it is about > whether welcome a new member to upstream kernel. For me, I have 3 ideas > about it if I am a newbie or a normal kernel developer: > > - Do I have enough basic skills for it? > > - Do I developed one or more another real world projects with C? > (they are successful projects -- at least, not failure projects) > > - Can I construct related develop environments to support what I do? > (e.g. building and testing for upstream kernel) > > - Am I familiar the basic working flow about kernel mailing list. > (e.g. format-patch, sending patch, email client configuration...). > > - Do I have a correct attitude on it? > > - Am I careful enough? > (e.g. if find some details may doubt, try to check and clear them) > (it is always neccessary for all patches) > > - Am I try my best for it? > (e.g. when finish coding, try what I can do: build, run and test). > (it is neccessary for most cases) > > - Do I have negative effect with others? > (e.g. discourage the newbies, or send spam to other members ...). > (need always try to avoid) > > - Do I really love programming, also love open source kernel? > > - Do I love it, or I have to do it for another reason? > (I guess, most of gmail members in open source, love programming). > > - Do I still love programming if I am discouraged by any members? > > - Do I still love open source kernel if discouraged by any members? > > I have most of these skills other then developing real projects in C with other developers as other then the kernel I don't have must interest in C outside of embedded programming. Cheers Nick _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
