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| author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2010-11-28 12:23:06 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2010-11-28 12:23:38 +0100 |
| commit | e688f83d17f89a37eeef599b12e9626f5ba1629c (patch) | |
| tree | 3b625e05619e3ecdccf84be999b2cafad49cd923 | |
| parent | d05a838d0fc7037f4a99a97742680a68b8b157d8 (diff) | |
contributing: Add section Final Words -- Difficulties.
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diff --git a/contributing.mdwn b/contributing.mdwn index 3a713520..5d68f4ce 100644 --- a/contributing.mdwn +++ b/contributing.mdwn @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled -[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] So, you are interested in contributing to the GNU Hurd project? @@ -110,3 +110,24 @@ documentation pointers given in the previous section. Also read through the Please send email to the [[mailing lists/l4-hurd]] mailing list for discussing this post-Mach system design. + + +# Final Words -- Difficulties + +Please note that doing substantial contributions to a project as big and as +encompassing as the GNU Hurd is not a trivial task. For working on the GNU +Hurd's inner guts and getting useful work done, you have to plan for a +many-months learning experience which will need sufficient self-motivation. +Working on an advanced operating system kernel isn't something you can do in a +few free minutes -- even less so without any previous kernel hacking +experience. + +Likewise, the Linux kernel maintainers are stating the exactly same +difficulties, which is well presented by Jonathan Corbet in his 2010 Linux +Kernel Summit report for the opening sessions about [*welcoming of +newcomers*](http://lwn.net/Articles/412639/). + +But of course, none of this is meant to be dismissive, so just [[start +using|hurd/running]] the GNU Hurd, and either notice yourself what's not +working as expected, or have a look at one of the [[Open Issues]], and we shall +see if you'll evolve to be the next core Hurd hacker! |