[squid-dev] Hello

[Alex Rousskov]

On 09/18/2015 03:57 PM, Joel Noyce Barnham wrote:
> I have come across what I believe to be a bug in squid which affected us
> recently when implementing a squid cache for certain videos. The
> description of this reported bug
> http://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3379
> sounds exactly like what we were seeing.


> I believe I have a simple fix and would like some help in preparing it
> in a way that would be acceptable to include in the main squid project.
> What is the procedure I should follow for submitting a patch? 

Please see http://wiki.squid-cache.org/MergeProcedure
and http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidCodingGuidelines
but we gladly consider fixes that require some polishing
(they may just take more time to audit and commit).


> Should I just add it on the bug report on bugzilla?

You may post here or to bugzilla. Patches posted here may receive
slightly more attention from developers, but patches posted to bugzilla
may receive more attention from users (which may help with testing). If
you are not sure about your fix, I recommend trying to get it tested by
others on bugzilla.


> I am also interested in squid in general and would like to get a better
> idea for how it works and possibly be involved in the development in
> future.

Sounds good! The Squid wiki has a few resources for Squid developers,
but many of them are outdated and incomplete, so the new folks mostly
have to study the source code and follow squid-dev discussions to get up
to speed. Squid is pretty big so having a specific itch or feature in
mind often helps with getting started.


Good luck,

Alex.