From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758695AbYEYTrs (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2008 15:47:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756566AbYEYTri (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2008 15:47:38 -0400 Received: from 1wt.eu ([62.212.114.60]:1170 "EHLO 1wt.eu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756075AbYEYTrh (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2008 15:47:37 -0400 Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 21:47:21 +0200 From: Willy Tarreau To: Davi Leal Cc: Adrian Bunk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: I am a volunteer Message-ID: <20080525194721.GH6749@1wt.eu> References: <200805251812.41552.davi@leals.com> <20080525163758.GA1791@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> <200805252023.22510.davi@leals.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200805252023.22510.davi@leals.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 08:23:22PM +0200, Davi Leal wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > The easiest and very valuable task is testing the kernel as described at > > http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelTesters > > I am more motivated to do development than testing. And who do you think will test your dev then ? Testing very quickly involves development because you will notice bugs first, then missing chunks of code to handle special conditions, and by this time you will feel much better with kernel internals and will have no problem starting on more complex tasks. Also, we're wondering what motivates newcomers to directly dive into development instead of testing. Would you please explain a bit about your motivations ? It would help distribute more interesting work to newcomers, or maybe assign them more credits if it is what they are seeking. Willy