linux-kernel - Re: I am a volunteer

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Date:	Mon, 26 May 2008 16:35:15 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
CC:	Davi Leal <davi@...ls.com>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: I am a volunteer

Willy Tarreau wrote:
> On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 08:23:22PM +0200, Davi Leal wrote:
>> Adrian Bunk wrote:
>> > The easiest and very valuable task is testing the kernel as described at
>> >   http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelTesters
>> 
>> I am more motivated to do development than testing.
> 
> And who do you think will test your dev then ?
> 
> Testing very quickly involves development because you will notice bugs
> first, then missing chunks of code to handle special conditions, and by
> this time you will feel much better with kernel internals and will have
> no problem starting on more complex tasks.
[...]

I second what Adrian and Willy wrote, because that's basically how I
became involved.  A driver subsystem which I wanted to use didn't work
quite 100%, so I always checked out the newest sources of the subsystem
development repo and reported open issues or regressions.  When (a)
developers vanished and (b) I became more confident I started to submit
patches myself.

Another conclusion from that is that you should pick an area which
genuinely interests you, i.e. a driver or protocol or whatever which you
actually use yourself frequently.  That's a lot more motivating than to
pick a project from a todo-list at random.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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