The webpage at http://www.netbsd.org/contrib/howto.html#submit-fixes says
how to submit fixes and code. And then the "the responsible person(s) will
review it".

I notice that a lot of gnats/bugs reports are "open" even after several
weeks and months.

How can someone become a "responsible person" (such as
http://www.netbsd.org/Gnats/#table-responsible or
http://www.netbsd.org/Gnats/responsible/) or a committer?

How does someone, for example, help with Problem Reports Assigned to
"bin-bug-people"? (http://www.netbsd.org/Gnats/responsible/bin-bug-people.html)

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://www.reedmedia.net/