[advocacy-discuss] OpenSolaris Source code contribution - Mini How to

[Stephen Hahn]

* Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at Sun.COM> [2007-11-20 15:47]:
> Gangadhar Mylapuram wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have written a doc on how to contribute to OpenSolaris Source code for
> > students. I have published the same at http://opensolaris.org/os/community/advocacy/files/howtofix_a_bug.pdf
> > with the help of Jim Grisanzio.
> 
> I thought we agreed a while ago not to torture newcomers by suggesting
> they subscribe to opensolaris-discuss at opensolaris.org - it will drive
> more away than bring in.
 
  I agree:  opensolaris-discuss isn't a great place to learn how to
  contribute code.  

> You might want to note that your instructions only cover the ON (aka OS/net)
> consolidation, and not any of the other consolidations that make up
> OpenSolaris (Storage, Install, Desktop, X, etc.), which have different
> procedures for downloading & building that are documented in their
> communities.

  More generally, you might want to ask the helpful editors in the
  Documentation CG

  http://opensolaris.org/os/community/documentation/
  
  to review your document--they're very helpful and good at making
  connections to related efforts.

  Nice job.

  - Stephen

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