[illumos-Developer] How can I help out?

[Martin Bochnig]

On 8/27/10, Ian Collins <ian at ianshome.com> wrote:
> On 08/26/10 11:53 AM, Greg Eanes wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Ray Van Dolson<rvandolson at esri.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 01:41:02PM -0700, Andrew M. Hettinger wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > Gary Mills wrote on 08/25/2010 10:38:07 AM:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 10:36:22AM -0700, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > So my advice for people wanting to help out but without a specific
> area
> > > > > > of interest is this.  Comb through the bug reports for
> OpenSolaris.
> > > > > > bugs.opensolaris.org  -- look for oss-bite-size for simple bugs to
> use
> > > > > > as a starting point.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > I see that the search at bugs.opensolaris.org always returns nothing
> > > > > now, even if you search by a valid BugID.  The oss-bite-size list is
> > > > > still available, but it hasn't been updated since 2009.  I've
> reviewed
> > > > > that before.  Many of the bugs are minor defects, ones that might
> > > > > annoy system admins, but wouldn't be visible to users.  I've fixed
> > > > > enough of those to learn the procedure.  Some have only vague
> > > > > descriptions.  Others are bite-sized suggestions with enormous
> > > > > ramifications.  I don't see much significant here.etwork Services-
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > Well this definitely clears up what we do when we overlap with
> > > > Oracle's bugs. (nothing because we can't look at them anyway)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > You can still pass a direct URL to the BugID in question and see
> > > information:
> > >
> > >
> http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6852825
> > >
> > > for example.  I suppose this may disappear as well..
> > >
> > >
> > This is apparently a temporary issue. See the following OpenSolaris.org
> > website-discuss thread for more info.
> >
> >
> http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=133323&tstart=0
> >
> >
>  It has now been addressed:
>
> http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=133382&tstart=0



Yes, including comments about Oracle car-wash:

http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=133388&tstart=0



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