> Or, in short, we need to not deter people straight away, and accept that
> perhaps sometimes decent programmers start from ones that make lots
> of mistakes.
>
> Perhaps a ports TODO similar to the NetBSD ports TODO might help; it
> doesn't require quite the same level of kernel or userspace hacking and
> provides very visible feedback and thanks once completed.
But you're also missing a big point: if someone can't figure out what
needs to be fixed, or is incapable of mustering enough motivation to
do the work, then they're not as useful to us as someone who can do
one or the other (or hopefully both).
tedu@ once said that there's an entrance exam to get an account; this
happens to be part of it, IMO.
PS - put this back on tech@ where it was originally, misc@ has enough noise
without this going there as well
