[GSoC] Introduction and first patch - Maria-Alexandra Minca

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Hello,

My name is Maria-Alexandra Minc=C4=83 and I am a second-year student at the
Faculty of
Automatic Control and Computer Science, Department of Systems Engineering,
the
Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Rom=C3=A2nia. I am very interested in
contributing to OpenAFS as part of this year's Google Summer of Code.

To get started, I have already submitted a small patch on Gerrit which
fixes several pointer type warnings related to afs_int32/afs_uint32
mismatches that I noticed during my first build of the project. You can
find the patch here: https://gerrit.openafs.org/#/c/16723/

I am currently doing some research and trying to decide between three
project ideas that have really caught my interest. I would like to ask what
is the preferred way of communication, via this mailing list or on the IRC
chat?

Also, are there any other tasks you would recommend for a newcomer that
could help me gain a better understanding of the project?

Thank you!

Best regards,
Maria-Alexandra Minc=C4=83

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hello, <br><br>My name is Maria-Alexandra Minc=C4=83 and I=
 am a second-year student at the Faculty of<br>Automatic Control and Comput=
er Science, Department of Systems Engineering, the<br>Polytechnic Universit=
y of Bucharest, Rom=C3=A2nia. I am very interested in contributing to OpenA=
FS as part of this year&#39;s Google Summer of Code. <br><br>To get started=
, I have already submitted a small patch on Gerrit which fixes several poin=
ter type warnings related to afs_int32/afs_uint32 mismatches that I noticed=
 during my first build of the project. You can find the patch here: <a href=
=3D"https://gerrit.openafs.org/#/c/16723/">https://gerrit.openafs.org/#/c/1=
6723/</a><br><br>I am currently doing some research and trying to decide be=
tween three project ideas that have really caught my interest. I would like=
 to ask what is the preferred way of communication, via this mailing list o=
r on the IRC chat? <br><br>Also, are there any other tasks you would recomm=
end for a newcomer that could help me gain a better understanding of the pr=
oject? <br><br>Thank you!<br><br>Best regards,<br>Maria-Alexandra Minc=C4=
=83</div>

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