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Starting an Open-Source Project?

Posted by Cliff on from the that-critical-first-step dept.

Tokimasa asks: "I recently thought of an idea for a software project that I want to undertake. I expect it to be mostly a learning experience, but I'm not sure where to begin. I'm familiar with software engineering practices and computer science topics, but I have never started a project on my own. What are the appropriate first steps to starting a new open-source project?"

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  1. Re: your sig by Sparr0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Too many posts hit +4 *for you*. Some of us have slash configured to make Funny -3 instead of +1. Really helps with avoiding clutter when browsing at +3.

  2. Re: your sig by Sparr0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you're curious, here are the settings I use, I find they make for a much more enjoyable slashdot experience. I marked the ones I remember changing with asterisks, but I might be wrong. Also, with my heavy friend/etc scoring it helps to have a larger friend network.

    +1 Insightful
    +1 Interesting
    -3 Funny*
    +1 Informative
    -1 Offtopic
      0 Flamebait*
    -1 Troll
    -1 Redundant

    +3 Friend*
    +1 Fan*
    -3 Foe*
    -1 Freak*
    +1 Friends of Friends*
    -1 Foes of Friends*

      0 Anonymous
    +2 Karma*
      0 Subscriber
    -1 1% New Users

    And I browse with a threshold of 3*.