Clean up some of my earlier butchery of Satoshi's list of topics. This
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@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ sources. Our <htmlurl url="mailto:announce@freebsd.org"
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name="announcements mailing list"> is also available to those wishing
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to make other FreeBSD users aware of major areas of work.
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Whether working independantly or more closely with the project, there
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are number of things about how we handle our development which is useful
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to know. The first and foremost item of importance in our development
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work is:
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Useful things to know about the FreeBSD project and its development process,
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whether working independantly or in close cooperation:
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<descrip>
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<tag>The CVS repository<label id="development:cvs-repository"></tag>
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<itemize>
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<item><bf>The CVS repository</bf><label id="development:cvs-repository">
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<p>The central source tree for FreeBSD is maintained by <htmlurl
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url="http://www.cyclic.com/cyclic-pages/CVS-sheet.html" name="CVS">
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@ -39,9 +38,9 @@ as the <ref id="current" name="-current"> and <ref id="stable"
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name="-stable"> trees which are checked out of it, can be easily
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replicated to your own machine as well. Please refer to the
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<ref id="synching" name="Syncronizing your source tree">
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section for more information on doing this.
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section for more information on doing this.</item>
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<tag>The committers list<label id="development:committers"></tag>
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<item>The committers list<label id="development:committers">
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<p>The <ref id="contrib:committers" name="committers"> are the people
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who have <em>write</em> access to the CVS tree, and are thus
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authorized to make modifications to the FreeBSD source (the term
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@ -52,9 +51,9 @@ is to use the <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html"
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name="send-pr(1)"> command, though if something appears to be jammed
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in the system then you may also reach them by sending mail to <htmlurl
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url="mailto:committers@freebsd.org" name="committers@freebsd.org">.
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</item>
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<tag>The FreeBSD core team</tag>
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<item>The FreeBSD core team
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<p>The <ref id="contrib:core" name="FreeBSD core team"> would be
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equivalent to the board of directors if the FreeBSD Project were a
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@ -75,21 +74,29 @@ financially, so "committment" should also not be misconstrued as
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meaning "guaranteed support." The ``board of directors'' analogy
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above is not actually very accurate, and it may be more suitable to
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say that these are the people who gave up their lives in favor of
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FreeBSD against their better judgement! <tt>;)</tt>
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FreeBSD against their better judgement! <tt>;)</tt></item>
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<tag>Additional contributors</tag>
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<item>Outside contributors
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<p>Last, but definitely not least, the largest group of developers are
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the users themselves who provide feedback and bug-fixes to us on an
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almost constant basis. Here are <ref id="contrib:additional"
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name="the names"> of the people who contributed something which made
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its way into our source tree. Why not join this list too by
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contributing something back to FreeBSD? <tt>:-)</tt>
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almost constant basis. The primary way of keeping in touch with FreeBSD's
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more non-centralized development is to subscribe to the
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<htmlurl url="hackers@freebsd.org" name="-hackers"> mailing list
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(see <ref id="eresources:mail"> name="mailing list info">) where such
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things are discussed.
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<p>Providing code is not the only way to contribute to the project;
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for a more complete list of things we need, please refer to the <ref
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<ref id="contrib:additional" name="The list"> of those who've
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contributed something which made its way into our source tree is
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a long and growing one, so why not join it by contributing something
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back to FreeBSD today? <tt>:-)</tt>
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<p>Providing code is not the only way of contributing to the project;
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for a more complete list of things that need doing, please refer to the <ref
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id="submitters" name="how to contribute"> section in this handbook.
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</itemize>
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</descrip>
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In summary, our development model is organized as a loose set of
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