thanks Daniel,
what i have in mind ( based on my humble reading ) is to start by writing
unit tests for existing code, this way i'll get more familiar with the
current design of the library, how does this sound ?

p.s: having a good time already ;)
Amr

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 1:51 AM, Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se> wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Amr Shahin wrote:
>
> i'm interested in contributing to curl. What's a good place to start ?
>>
>
> You're very welcome!
>
> Here's what I suggest (and please remember that this is just a suggestion.
> There's no rights or wrongs regarding where to start, how to join in or what
> to do, it's all up to you and your preferences):
>
> 1. Read docs/CONTRIBUTE (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/contribute.html)
>
> 1b (of course you use source code straight off the git repo)
>
> 2. Consider if there are any quirks or bugs or documentation problems that
> have bothered you or that you've been missing or lacking. The grab one of
> those issues.
>
> 3. Read the KNOWN_BUGS and TODO documents to get inspiration of areas that
> need attention.
>
> 4. Follow this mailing list and the curl-tracker one to spot when new bugs
> are reported - as they of course need work to investigate, figure out and
> then fix. Oh, and if you find bugs of your own we of course appreciate
> bug reports!
>
> 5. Responding to emails on the list and thus helping out when people have
> problems or issues is also a valuable help in the curl community.
>
> And if there's anything that's weird, wrong or just not making sense or
> whatever: just ask here!
>
> BTW, I forgot the perhaps most important thing: make sure you have a good
> time while doing all this!
>
> --
>
> / daniel.haxx.se
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