[dpdk-users] How to contribute to DPDK

[Ajit Khaparde]

On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 9:51 AM Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 03/02/2020 07:35, Waqqas Jabbar wrote:
> > Hi
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> > I would like to contribute to DPDK project. Please share where should I
> begin.
>
> Cool :-)
>
> > I was thinking of starting with some bugs at
> > https://bugs.dpdk.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=DPDK
> >
> > What's the process to do that? Who assigns the bug or can I opt for one?
> > Can anyone suggest some easy bugs to fix?
> >
>
> I think Ajit assigns the bugs, but I suggest that if there's something
> you are interested in fixing, don't wait, just go for it.
>
Yes. This could be easier than I assigning any bug to you


>
> Depending on experience, some bugs may be complex, so something like
> docs, testing or some small cleanup patches can be a good place to start.
>
> As a new user, maybe you think some things are badly explained (or not
> at all) and could use additional documentation? There are unit tests for
> many components, maybe you see some missing cases? or maybe some parts
> of the code are not clear and need to be cleaned up.
>
Yes,  I agree. These are all good areas to start with.
Thanks
Ajit

>
> Note, there's a section about how to contribute code to DPDK here
> http://doc.dpdk.org/guides/contributing/patches.html
>
> Kevin.
>
> > Regards
> > Waqqas
> >
>
>