On Wed, 4 Mar 2009, Gary Mills wrote: > Is there a way that I can contribute to opensolaris development? I've > been installing and using the Nevada builds as they are released. I > participate in several of the opensolaris forums. I've installed the > compilers and build tools, although I'm not sure that I need them. > I'm not really interesting in building the entire OS from source, just > for the sake of doing it. > > I enjoy tracking down bugs and fixing them. I thought that the bite- > sized bugs would be a good place to start, but all of them seem to be > already assigned to somebody else. Are there any bugs left? > > I'm quite familiar with Solaris. I'm an experienced C programmer, > having written RPC clients and servers and PAM modules, for example. > I've also written a compiler, a linker, and device drivers, although > not for Solaris in this case. > > I've spent many frustrating hours on the opensolaris web site trying > to figure out how I can contribute code. Most of this led me in > circles or in wrong directions. Perhaps you can refer me to the > right place.
Hi Gary - Welcome to the group! Along with everything Jim said, you can find more information here: http://opensolaris.org/os/communities/participation/ Valerie -- Valerie Fenwick, http://blogs.sun.com/bubbva Solaris Security Technologies, Developer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. 17 Network Circle, Menlo Park, CA, 94025.
