Andrew,
most of the Mozilla contributors I know of got started by using IRC and
getting help in #mozilla.
This is where I started too.
I suggest you log on to irc.mozilla.org #mozilla or #mozillazine for QA
contribution.
-H�kan
Peter Lairo wrote:
> Guys, here is a person just aching to help. All he needs is a good
> point-of-entry (easy to fix bugs).
>
>
> Andrew MacDonald wrote:
>
>> Look, I'm not looking for a holy war here - I'm just saying that maybe
>> a keyword isn't the way to go, but as someone who's trying to get
>> involved in coding, I wish there was an easier way to identify good
>> ways to get my feet wet. Maybe Peter's specific suggestion is wrong,
>> but his motivations are good.
>>
>> Clearly debating this specific thing has long ceased usefulness - it's
>> not going to happen - but, constructively, is there a way to add
>> something *like* this without the disadvantages of the keyword? It
>> would help me (I guess I can't speak for anyone else...) I'm not here
>> trolling (honest!), and I actually do want to help and be
>> constructive (heh - maybe reading and responding in .general isn't the
>> best way to advertise this ;)), so maybe there's some kind of middle
>> ground or alternate way to implement something like this?
>>
>> I'll be the first to admit that I don't know enough about this project
>> to say that I know the best (or even a good) solution, so I'll offer
>> my help to construct it if someone else figures out the best way to
>> add this functionality...
>>
>> /andrew
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