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Tue, 25 Aug 2020 05:51:01 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: Contributor wanting to get started with simple contributions To: Rohit Shinde , qemu-devel@nongnu.org References: From: Thomas Huth Message-ID: <2d69f1ac-df97-9d70-d2e2-e9cf27cf9b0c@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 07:50:59 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.22 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=thuth@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0.001 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=205.139.110.61; envelope-from=thuth@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/08/25 01:35:36 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -52 X-Spam_score: -5.3 X-Spam_bar: ----- X-Spam_report: (-5.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.956, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, NICE_REPLY_A=-2.25, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: jsnow@redhat.com, ehabkost@redhat.com, crosa@redhat.com Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On 25/08/2020 04.26, Rohit Shinde wrote: > Hey John, > > I sent this email a couple of weeks ago to the qemu mailing list since I > didn't really know who to approach. Hi Rohit, The qemu-devel mailing list is very high traffic. So I'm sorry, but you might need to be a little bit more specific with your questions if you expect an answer... > I have built qemu from source and I have my machine setup for > git-publish via email. > > I would like to start contributing with one of the bite sized tasks > mentioned in the wiki page. The one that interests me and which I > think is the easiest are the sections on "Compiler Driven Cleanup" > and "Dead Code Removal". I think this is a good way to get > introduced to the codebase. Sure, just go ahead and have a try! Once you've successfully wrote a patch, please have a look at https://wiki.qemu.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch how to submit it. > I plan to stay and become a long term contributor. Is there any CS What does "CS" stand for? > theory that I would need to know other than what I mentioned above? > Is it possible to "learn on the go"? You certainly have to "learn on the go", since it is likely quite impossible to grasp a huge project like QEMU at once. Cheers, Thomas