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| author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2010-12-21 12:55:05 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2010-12-21 12:55:05 +0100 |
| commit | 69cb8fe70e84b0f20add39ba1d30a0742a8d7b38 (patch) | |
| tree | c373401c560efacc9611f661c8e7443ee82071f8 /contributing.mdwn | |
| parent | 29b6f1b8a084c61d2d62d33e2d4413b91afae6e3 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/contributing.mdwn b/contributing.mdwn index 5d68f4ce..6ad4d709 100644 --- a/contributing.mdwn +++ b/contributing.mdwn @@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ 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]]."]]"""]] -So, you are interested in contributing to the GNU Hurd project? +So, you are interested in contributing to the GNU Hurd project? Welcome! +Every single contribution is very much encouraged. -Welcome! Every single contribution is very much encouraged! - -There are various ways of contributing, read on about contributing to... +There are various ways to contribute; read on about contributing to... [[!toc levels=3]] @@ -64,10 +63,12 @@ on the skills you have and the resources you intend to invest. Please spend some time with thinking about the items in this [[questionnaire]]. -Before you can significantly contribute, take some time to learn about the -system, e.g., [[microkernels_for_beginners|microkernel/for_beginners]]. Until -you can do the basic exercises listed there, you won't be able to significantly -contribute to the Hurd. +Before you can significantly contribute to the operating system itself, you'll +need to take some time to learn about the system, for example: +[[microkernels for beginners|microkernel/for_beginners]], [[Mach's +concepts|microkernel/mach/concepts]], [[Hurd's concepts|hurd/concepts]], the +*[[hurd/critique]]*. Until you can understand and do the basic exercises +listed there, you won't be able to significantly contribute to the Hurd. For more reading resources, please see these web pages, for example, [[Hurd_documentation|hurd/documentation]] and @@ -104,9 +105,9 @@ itself is more a research project than a *sit down and implement/code/hack* project. If you're interested in contributing in this area, knowing the *Hurd on Mach* -system nevertheless is a prerequisite. At least have a deep look at the -documentation pointers given in the previous section. Also read through the -[[HurdNG|hurd/ng]] section. +system (see [[above|contributing#hurd_on_mach]]) nevertheless is a +prerequisite. At least have a deep look at the documentation pointers. Also +read through the [[HurdNG|hurd/ng]] section. Please send email to the [[mailing lists/l4-hurd]] mailing list for discussing this post-Mach system design. |