[lugm.org] how to become a FLOSS developer?

[Avinash Meetoo]

Hi,

"Scratch your own itch" (except if you are an entrepreneur and you "scratch
the itch of your potential clients" to succeed)

Avinash

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 5:00 AM, Vy-Shane Sin Fat <shane at node.mu> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 1:20 AM, Cyril Bouthors <cyril at boutho.rs> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Vy-Shane Sin Fat <shane at node.mu> wrote:
>>
>>> what are the steps to be a FLOSS developer?
>>>>
>>>
>>>    1. Look at the issues list, find something that you can fix
>>>    2. Or maybe there's a feature that you would like to implement. If
>>>    that's the case, open an issue to discuss the feature.
>>>    3. Fix the issue
>>>    4. Submit a pull request
>>>    5. Listen to feedback, answer questions, and discuss/apply suggested
>>>    changes. Leave your ego at the door.
>>>    6. Update the pull request and request for feedback
>>>    7. Rinse, repeat until the pull request is accepted and merged in
>>>    8. Congratulations, you have just contributed to open source
>>>
>>>
>> 0. Learn to code
>>
>
>  Indeed ;)
>
>
>
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