[arch-general] Tasks for newbie at online bug squashing (during Archcon)?

Thomas Dziedzic gostrc at gmail.com
Thu Jul 15 18:28:40 EDT 2010


On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Mathias Huber <huber at mathiashuber.de> wrote:
> Dear Archers,
>
> I've seen there will be an online bug squashing with Archers worldwide
> during Archcon on July 22 and 23
> <http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=83844>.
>
> I've set some time apart to join the fun. However, I am an Arch newbie,
> though long standing Linux user. What will there be for me to do? Can you
> find me some trivial tasks? Most bugs I find in flyspray are beyond my
> capabilities -- X.org flaws or missing hardware support.
>
> I think I could update simple package builds, or correct a wrong path here
> and there. Apart from that, I am quite good at writing documentation. Should
> I comb the Arch wiki?
>
> Do I need to have a spare Arch system at hand to test things? Maybe someone
> could take this newbie by the hand?
>
> Cheers,
> Mathias
>
>

Have you taken a look at the following wiki?
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Getting_Involved

If you truly don't possess any coding skills (web included), then I
think helping out in the wiki would be most appreciated.
I don't have any other ideas :/


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