Re: [Wireshark-dev] Joint project with Git for outreachy

From: Richard Sharpe <realrichardsharpe@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 21, 2020, 15:24 UTC
Message-ID: <CACyXjPxAXgpEmK0buarb3ToHwnonLM6TG9-J-=GysXfGkmsSrg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200920161652.GF331156@google.com>

On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 8:01 AM Emily Shaffer via Wireshark-dev <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org> wrote:

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> On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 03:36:23PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >
> > "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
> >
> > > On 2020-09-19 at 09:12:53, ronnie sahlberg wrote:
> > >> Hi Jonathan,
> > >> Hi Emily
> > >>
> > >> Emily, you want to contribute to wireshark? That is awesome. I think I
> > >> speak for everyone to send a HUGE welcome
> > >> your way and hope your experience working on and with wireshark be excellent!
> > >
> > > I think there's been a misunderstanding.  I think the proposal was to
> > > have Emily and Jonathan, who are both significant contributors to Git,
> > > doing the mentoring from the Git side, along with someone from the
> > > Wireshark side.  I don't think we know yet if anyone will be interested
> > > in working on it, but it seems from the response to be a proposal that
> > > has interest in both projects.
> > >
> > > Feel free to correct me if I've misunderstood.
> >
> > That matches my understanding.
>
> Right - brian and Junio are correct, I'm hoping to co-mentor with
> Jonathan. Ronnie, I'm really pleased to see this warm welcome, which
> makes me optimistic about the kind of experience an intern would have on
> this project. It would be really great if we could get a volunteer to
> serve as point-of-contact if the mentee is not sure about something
> they want to send to the Wireshark list, and possibly to come to an
> introductory real-time chat (video/voice/IM) to provide a little
> overview and nudge in the right direction.

I am in the Bay Area so I can serve as the point of contact for some geographies, while Ronnie is in Australasia so he might make a better point of contact for those geographies.

There is quite a bit of information in the Wireshark sources in the doc directory, including several README.* files. There is also a sample dissector in doc/packet-PROTOABBREV.c

However, it can all be a bit daunting for a beginner so I am willing to help get things started.

I should also point out that there are many people on the wireshark-developer mailing list who will be more than happy to help.

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Regards,
Richard Sharpe
(何以解憂？唯有杜康。--曹操)(传说杜康是酒的发明者)