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gopichand

Member

From: Bowling Green, KY

Registered: 2010-02-04

Posts: 31

Want to be Arch developer/contributor.

Hello,

I have been using Linux for 8 years now and I am a Computer Science student, I believe me that I can program.
I am relatively new to Arch and want to contribute to the community, and want to become a developer.
My idea is to contribute to the project by helping in development. As I am new to Arch I am not familiar with all the internals of Arch and I want to learn it by helping in its development.

Want I need a mentor who can direct people like me who does not know where to start and how to proceed. If anyone can take me as their apprentice, I will be glad to help and contribute.

Thank You
Gopi

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Registered: 2006-11-26

Posts: 5,819

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Re: Want to be Arch developer/contributor.

You can apply as a Trusted User, ideally, with a sponsor.

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wonder

Developer

From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: Want to be Arch developer/contributor.

You can apply as a Trusted User, ideally, with a sponsor.

is not only about packaging.

you can start hacking in projects as well.

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karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Want to be Arch developer/contributor.

I'm not sure if it's still active, but there's a Junior Developer mentor scheme: http://www.archlinux.org/news/junior-de … or-scheme/
We seem to have one: https://bbs.archlinux.org/userlist.php? … rch=Submit

Dieter@be

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-11-05

Posts: 2,002

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Re: Want to be Arch developer/contributor.

if you like hacking in bash,
the installer (AIF) can always use more help too.

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gopichand

Member

From: Bowling Green, KY

Registered: 2010-02-04

Posts: 31

Re: Want to be Arch developer/contributor.

Dieter@be

Thank you for your reply. I have searched as saw your posts on AIF.
If you are currently working on it, do mind taking me as your apprentice and start giving me tasks?

Thank You
Gopi

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Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,648

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Re: Want to be Arch developer/contributor.

My advise on becoming a developer is to find something that really annoys you about Arch and fix it.   I first started by fixing things that I disliked about makepkg.

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tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Want to be Arch developer/contributor.

Relevant wiki page here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Getting_Involved .

fsckd

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Registered: 2009-06-15

Posts: 4,173

Re: Want to be Arch developer/contributor.

mod action: Moving from Community Contributions to Arch Discussion.

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Dieter@be

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-11-05

Posts: 2,002

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Re: Want to be Arch developer/contributor.

Dieter@be

Thank you for your reply. I have searched as saw your posts on AIF.
If you are currently working on it, do mind taking me as your apprentice and start giving me tasks?

Thank You
Gopi

do what Allan said.  Look around until you find something you really want to fix.  Then dive in.  Then ask questions when you're stuck.

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vfbsilva

Member

From: Brazil

Registered: 2010-04-08

Posts: 103

Re: Want to be Arch developer/contributor.

Dieter@be

Thank you for your reply. I have searched as saw your posts on AIF.
If you are currently working on it, do mind taking me as your apprentice and start giving me tasks?

Thank You
Gopi

Take a look at http://mailman.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo The mail lists are were the serious business happen.

brain0

Developer

From: Aachen - Germany

Registered: 2005-01-03

Posts: 1,382

Re: Want to be Arch developer/contributor.

You like bash? Get involved in netcfg - step one, collect all pending patches from the mailing list and various trees (not many), step two, start enhancing and bugfixing netcfg, step three, contact arch-projects, post a link to your tree, write that you are amazing and would like to be the new netcfg maintainer. Easy, isn't it?

ichiman

Member

From: Hungary

Registered: 2012-02-01

Posts: 2

Re: Want to be Arch developer/contributor.

Can I contribute an sfml game later when I finished programming it?

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