Getting PRs fixed

[Fernando Apesteguía]

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 5:33 PM, Chris H <bsd-lists at bsdforge.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Dec 2017 08:28:13 -0800 "Freddie Cash" <fjwcash at gmail.com> said
>
>> On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 7:05 AM, Dieter BSD <dieterbsd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Thought of another idea.  When new people write in, asking
>> > what they should work on, they receive a variety of suggestions.
>> > I've seen quite a few of these over the years.  I have NEVER seen
>> > anyone suggest that they look at the open PRs and work on fixing them.
>> >
>> > Fixing open PRs should be the first, and probably only, suggestion.

Triage of the PR database would be needed as a requisite. Newcomers might want
to start _trying_ to fix low hanging fruits. Some (not all) of the
unresolved long standing
PRs are there for a reason.

>> >
>>
>> You're not looking very hard, then.  That's generally the first thing
>> suggested when people ask on the mailing lists how they can get involved.
>>
>> "Start by scanning through the PR database and find things that interest
>> you.  Find a piece of software that you like using that doesn't have a
>> port
>> maintainer and see if you can help with it.  Find a piece of software you
>> like that isn't in the ports tree and see if you can get a port created.
>> Go through the various Wiki ToDo lists and Junior Jobs lists and see if
>> there's anything that interests you.  Etc."
>>
>> That's pretty much the list that everyone suggests each time someone
>> asks.
>
> That's good news! :)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Freddie Cash
>> fjwcash at gmail.com
>
>
> --Chris
>
>
>
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