From 3a0cb3ff2a9eadd75010ca1a04781fb0b79ced74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:58:33 +0100 Subject: contributing: New page. --- contributing.mdwn | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ index.mdwn | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+) create mode 100644 contributing.mdwn diff --git a/contributing.mdwn b/contributing.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b35fdc7c --- /dev/null +++ b/contributing.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[meta license="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled +[[GNU_Free_Documentation_License|/fdl]]."]] + +So, you are interested in contributing to the GNU/Hurd effort? + +First thing to do then is to get access to a GNU/Hurd system. Installing +[[Debian_GNU/Hurd|hurd/running/debian]] will probably be the easiest and most +feature-complete solution. If you don't have spare hardware to use for doing +so, you can also get a +[[shell_account_on_a_public_Hurd_machine|public_hurd_boxen]]. Depending on the +things you're going to work on (and on your internet connection), this may be +an easy way of getting used to Hurd systems. + +Then you can either play around and eventually strive to do something +useful or -- if you want -- ask us to assign something to you, depending +on the skills you have and the resources you intend to invest. + +See for details, + for documents, + in general and also this whole wiki, of +course. diff --git a/index.mdwn b/index.mdwn index 091c6857..ea8768fd 100644 --- a/index.mdwn +++ b/index.mdwn @@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ site](http://hurd.gnu.org/). then you've hit . Installing the markdown package from Debian experimental fixed this for me. --> + +## Contributing + +Read about various ways of [[contributing]]. + + ## Getting Help There are a couple of different [[Hurd_FAQs|hurd/FAQ]]. -- cgit v1.2.3