Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Sep 2014 15:26:54 -0400 | From | nick <> | Subject | Re: Help Out and Issues with the Community |
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On 14-09-25 10:20 PM, David Lang wrote: >> Hello Developers, >> For the last week or two I have been trying to contact people for help and/or learning in order to help out >> more. I am unable to get any emails back from them, I am assuming this is due to my issues with the community. >> If someone would like to explain a way to either resolve this or help me me learn the community rules and how >> to do things the right way that would be great. > > Going over the archives a bit, it looks like there are a lot of people who have taken the time to reply to you. > > It looks like you are falling into a common trap of looking at particular bug reports or FIXME items and trying to silence them. But you are doing so without understanding the code or functionality being provided. As a result, you are doing exactly what people are afraid that static checking will result in, a local fix to silence the checker that doesn't actually fix the overall problem. > > In addition to the various places you've already been pointed at, I'd suggest that you look at the kernel janitors pages and mailing list (http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors), the linux-kernel list has a huge membership and a high volume of traffic, so learning as you work here is not always the best thing to do. > > David Lang David, That wasn't my idea, it was to help out and ask questions if I don't understand something first. I will start with kernel janitors and go from their. Thanks Nick
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