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> contribute to open source projects like OpenBSD The idea of contributing to OpenBSD is fine, but it would be wise to make friends with those in power first (
by traceroute66 5y ago
> contribute to open source projects like OpenBSD
The idea of contributing to OpenBSD is fine, but it would be wise to make friends with those in power first (perhaps especially Theo) before expending too much time and effort on coding.
- lcall 5y agoProbably the best way to be able to contribute is to follow the mailing list guidelines at https://www.openbsd.org/mail.html https://www.openbsd.org/mail.html , including doing one's homework, and understanding that the devs have created this impressively high-quality system for themselves, give it away for free, and it isn't kind for new people to ask for changes to it when they are not willing to study or provide patches. Probably good to have humility and a thick skin also, and they welcome $ donations to their project, but I not necessarily with strings attached or orders as to how things must be done. (I have no connection but as a user.) One can hire help of course: https://www.openbsd.org/support.html https://www.openbsd.org/support.html . :)