Devconf.cz 2023

This talk is aimed at those who are interested in (or with the right hints and a bit of inspiration might be convinced into) getting started with contributing to glibc - the GNU implementation of the standard C library. It is a critical component of most Linux distributions today, providing the low-level system functionality that many other packages depend on.

glibc is actively developed, with over a thousand commits per year, i.e. new bugs regularly added :D Based on personal experience, I can also confirm that the community is beginner friendly. We could use all kinds of help: confirming or triaging bugs reported to our bug tracker, writing documentation, translations, working on bug fixes and their verification, tests, new features and improvements, and much more! Some comfort with a terminal, a passing familiarity with C, and a bit of energy and willingness is all that's needed to be able to get started with contributing to glibc. The rest will be explained in this talk!