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fax8

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From: Italy

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 104

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Becoming an ArchLinux Developer

Hi everybody.

I spent last two months understanding how ArchLinux works and
I'm really glad of what I understood. ArchLinux is (IMHO) a very
good Linux distribution with a good structure and with lot of good
and new ideas in it.

I'm currently a computer science student and I have a strong
theoretical knowledge of operating systems and programming.

I'd like to improve my experience in developing for Linux and
I imagine that contribute something for ArchLinux could be a good
starting point for me.

So.. I'm asking you guys...
How would I start contributing in ArchLinux?

Thank You

Fabio  Italy

pbw

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From: Barrie ON, Canada

Registered: 2005-06-01

Posts: 65

Re: Becoming an ArchLinux Developer

You could start by contributing pkgbuilds to the AUR (aur.archlinux.org) http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_User_Guidelines

kth5

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Registered: 2004-04-29

Posts: 657

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Re: Becoming an ArchLinux Developer

yes, starting with packages for AUR always is a good idea. when people see that someone's PKGBUILD quality has a high average quality and you can keep up with versions and bugs, someone will definetly approach the maintainer when help is needed.

also user-contributions.org is a good place to host every kind of project that is arch related. maybe helping with one of the ports also is a nice idea? in any case, you should start out with experience, so give the AUR a go.

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kakabaratruskia

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2003-08-24

Posts: 596

Re: Becoming an ArchLinux Developer

you could mail judd...

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lanrat

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From: Poland

Registered: 2003-10-28

Posts: 1,274

Re: Becoming an ArchLinux Developer

+ write docs in the wiki
+ use testing repo and help kill bugs

postlogic

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Registered: 2005-02-24

Posts: 410

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Re: Becoming an ArchLinux Developer

+ generally helping out here and on the irc channel