On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 16:32 +0100, Chris Coulson wrote: > On Thu, 2009-09-17 at 23:17 -0400, Siddhartha Kattoju wrote: > > Hello!, > > > > I am a computer engineering student specializing in software. I can > > program in C++ but I am not really sure how to apply myself to real > > world programming situations. I am preparing for my first co-op work > > term which is scheduled for next summer. I hope to gain insight into > > the workings of large scale software production. It would be great if > > I could be assigned an experienced mentor to guide me along the way.
(...) > First of all, may I be the first to welcome you on your journey. > > What type of experience are you looking for? Are you looking to be > involved with bug triaging or development and general packaging work > instead? If it is the latter, then there is probably a more appropriate > mailing list - [email protected] . If you are looking for > this type of experience, then I would recommend first having a look at > the MOTU wiki page [1]. There is also a mentoring program for new > contributors, which is detailed in [2]. > > If you want to help out with packaging and development work, then I > would recommend coming on to #ubuntu-motu on irc.freenode.net, where > there are lots of friendly and helpful people around to answer your > questions :) Hello Siddartha, Thank you for your interest in the bugsquad mentorship programme. Chris has a good point: the bugsquad mentorship programme is geared for triagers: we will help you to understand, familiarise yourself, and be able to walk on your own on *triaging* bugs. We do not touch, much, on the writing of patches and packaging pieces: these activities are not performed by triagers. Nevertheless, in my personal view, triaging is a very important part of the patching process, and does provide one with a much needed experience on dealing with end-user requirements, needs, frustration, misunderstanding, etc. Regards,
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