Hi! On 17:44 Tue 03 Sep , Robert P. J. Day wrote: ... > it's somewhat absurd to say you want to get involved in kernel > development, then ask *others* where you should start. I guess it sounds absurd because he missed how open source development works: 1) Find something you do not like. 2) Try to understand what is going on. 3) Try to think of ways to solve it. 4) Ask for opinions. 5) Implement your solution. 6) Post it. Depending on how others react you might decide to redo parts or even start from scratch (or maybe even abandoning it). It could also happen that somebody else takes your idea and solves it in a different way. Bad things could happen as well, like everybody ignoring you because they do not care about your problem. This is in contrast to school/work environments where others tell you what you have to do. > it's like > saying, "i really want to write a book, but i have no idea what i > should write about. can you give me some ideas for a plot? and > characters? and possibly an ending?" yes, it's that silly. Isn't this called "writer's block"? To me this does not sound like a silly thing to say at all. -Michi -- programing a layer 3+4 network protocol for mesh networks see http://michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
