Re: Volunteering for the Hurd.

[Thomas Schwinge]

Hi Rodney!

On Tue, 8 Jul 2014 17:33:40 +0100, Rodney Mulraney <rjmulraney@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am interested in doing some official volunteer work for my CV generally.
> 
> I am disenfranchised by current OS implementations and have been excited
> about the Hurd for quite some time, so it is a project that I would enjoy
> working on.

Great, and thanks for your interest!  And yes, there's still lots of work
to be done.

Our specific project aside, Free Software / Open Source software
generally mostly works according to the principle that you work on what
you'd like to work on (because you need it for yourself, for example) --
self-initiative is the key word.  (Or you are being paid for working on a
task, of course.)  So, just pick one issue, and submit your work for
review.

Here are some pointers:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/contributing.html>.  Here are some
bigger, structured projects:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/community/gsoc/project_ideas.html>,
originally written as Google Summer of Code projects, but not tied to
that.

All of us are pretty busy with their day jobs (none related to the Hurd)
as well as other duties, so please expect to have to figure out a lot of
things on your own, using the existing resources, such as
<http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/>, and extending/completing them, too
(it's a wiki).  But of course, we're always happy to help and answer
questions if it's obvious that you've made an effort to figure out
something on your own but are "stuck" -- which happens to all of us,
again and again, so don't be afraid.

Obvious first step: running a GNU Hurd system,
<http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/running/debian.html>.  Next, find
something simple to fix, then continue from there.  Looking forward to
your contributions!

If there are any questions, don't hesitate to ask.


Grüße,
 Thomas

pgpQaayb19XTx.pgp
Description: PGP signature