Re: Contributor wanting to get started with simple contributions

[Thomas Huth]

On 25/08/2020 04.26, Rohit Shinde wrote:
> Hey John,
>
> I sent this email a couple of weeks ago to the qemu mailing list since I 
> didn't really know who to approach.

 Hi Rohit,

The qemu-devel mailing list is very high traffic. So I'm sorry, but you 
might need to be a little bit more specific with your questions if you 
expect an answer...

>     I have built qemu from source and I have my machine setup for
>     git-publish via email.
>
>     I would like to start contributing with one of the bite sized tasks
>     mentioned in the wiki page. The one that interests me and which I
>     think is the easiest are the sections on "Compiler Driven Cleanup"
>     and "Dead Code Removal". I think this is a good way to get
>     introduced to the codebase.

Sure, just go ahead and have a try! Once you've successfully wrote a 
patch, please have a look at 
https://wiki.qemu.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch how to submit it.

>     I plan to stay and become a long term contributor. Is there any CS

What does "CS" stand for?

>     theory that I would need to know other than what I mentioned above?
>     Is it possible to "learn on the go"?

You certainly have to "learn on the go", since it is likely quite 
impossible to grasp a huge project like QEMU at once.

 Cheers,
  Thomas