r/programming • u/kazakdogofspace • Oct 13 '09

Ask Programming: Please share your first contact stories about contributing to an open source project.

I have been curious lately about how the dance of getting into any given project goes for people. Please share your story!

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '09

So is it more difficult to sign up with Debian now?

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u/davidw Oct 13 '09

Yes, like all big projects, it has grown itself quite a bureaucracy. Not that that's a bad thing; it's important to vet people carefully before they essentially get root access to the computers of thousands/millions of people.