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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2011-08-25 15:20:56 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2011-08-30 17:27:36 +0100
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documentation/poky-ref-manual/resources.xml: re-write for today's world.
This chapter was quite old as it had not been touched since the original Poky Handbook days. I re-wrote the sub-sections with today in mind. (From yocto-docs rev: e59bede734a8fe3e9b41698e2b42ba487ec80595) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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7<section id='resources-intro'> 7<section id='resources-intro'>
8 <title>Introduction</title> 8 <title>Introduction</title>
9 <para> 9 <para>
10 We're happy for people to experiment with Poky and there are a number of places to 10 The Yocto Project team is happy for people to experiment with the Yocto Project.
11 find help if you run into difficulties or find bugs. To find out how to download 11 A number of places exist to find help if you run into difficulties or find bugs.
12 source code see the <link linkend='intro-getit'>Obtaining Poky</link> section of 12 To find out how to download source code,
13 the Introduction. 13 see the <ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#local-yp-release'>
14 Yocto Project Release</ulink> list item in
15 <ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1/dev-manual/dev-manual.html'>The Yocto
16 Project Development Manual</ulink>.
14 </para> 17 </para>
15</section> 18</section>
16 19
17<section id='resources-bugtracker'> 20<section id='resources-bugtracker'>
18 <title>Bugtracker</title> 21 <title>Tracking Bugs</title>
19 22
20 <para> 23 <para>
21 Problems with Poky should be reported using the Bugzilla application at 24 If you find problems with the Yocto Project, you should report them using the
22 <ulink url='http://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/'></ulink>. 25 Bugzilla application at <ulink url='http://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/'></ulink>.
23 </para> 26 </para>
24</section> 27</section>
25 28
@@ -27,26 +30,17 @@
27 <title>Mailing lists</title> 30 <title>Mailing lists</title>
28 31
29 <para> 32 <para>
30 To subscribe to the mailing lists click on the following URLs and follow the instructions: 33 To subscribe to the Yocto Project mailing lists, click on the following URLs and follow the instructions:
34 <itemizedlist>
35 <listitem><para><ulink url='http://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto'></ulink> for a
36 Yocto Discussions mailing list.</para></listitem>
37 <listitem><para><ulink url='http://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/poky'></ulink> for a
38 Yocto Project Discussions mailing list.</para></listitem>
39 <listitem><para><ulink url='http://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto-announce'></ulink> for a
40 mailing list to receive offical Yocto Project announcements for developments and
41 as well as Yocto Project milestones.</para></listitem>
42 </itemizedlist>
31 </para> 43 </para>
32
33 <itemizedlist>
34 <listitem><para>
35 <ulink url='http://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto'></ulink> for a Yocto Discussions
36 mailing list.
37 </para></listitem>
38
39 <listitem><para>
40 <ulink url='http://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/poky'></ulink> for a Poky Discussions
41 mailing list.
42 </para></listitem>
43
44 <listitem><para>
45 <ulink url='http://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto-announce'></ulink> for a mailing list
46 to receive offical Yocto Project announcements for developments and milestones.
47 </para></listitem>
48 </itemizedlist>
49
50</section> 44</section>
51 45
52<section id='resources-irc'> 46<section id='resources-irc'>
@@ -54,111 +48,89 @@
54 48
55 <para> 49 <para>
56 Two IRC channels on freenode are available for Yocto Project and Poky discussions: 50 Two IRC channels on freenode are available for Yocto Project and Poky discussions:
57 <itemizedlist> 51 <itemizedlist>
58 <listitem><para> 52 <listitem><para><filename>#yocto</filename></para></listitem>
59 #yocto 53 <listitem><para><filename>#poky</filename></para></listitem>
60 </para></listitem> 54 </itemizedlist>
61
62 <listitem><para>
63 #poky
64 </para></listitem>
65 </itemizedlist>
66 </para> 55 </para>
67</section> 56</section>
68 57
69<section id='resources-links'> 58<section id='resources-links'>
70 <title>Links</title> 59 <title>Links</title>
71 60
72 <itemizedlist> 61 <para>
73 <listitem><para> 62 Following is a list of resources you will find helpful:
74 <ulink url='http://yoctoproject.org'>The Yocto Project website</ulink> - The home site 63 <itemizedlist>
75 for the Yocto Project. 64 <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://yoctoproject.org'>The Yocto Project website</ulink>:
76 </para></listitem> 65 </emphasis> The home site for the Yocto Project.</para></listitem>
77<!-- <listitem><para> 66 <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://www.openedhand.com/'>OpenedHand</ulink>:</emphasis>
78 <ulink url='http://pokylinux.org'>The Poky website</ulink> - The home site 67 The company where the Yocto Project build system Poky was first developed.
79 for Poky Linux. 68 OpenedHand has since been acquired by Intel Corporation.</para></listitem>
80 </para></listitem> 69 <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://www.intel.com/'>Intel Corporation</ulink>:</emphasis>
81--> 70 The company who acquired OpenedHand in 2008 and continues development on the
82 <listitem><para> 71 Yocto Project.</para></listitem>
83 <ulink url='http://www.openedhand.com/'>OpenedHand</ulink> - The 72 <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://www.openembedded.org/'>OpenEmbedded</ulink>:</emphasis>
84 original company behind Poky. 73 The upstream, generic, embedded distribution the Yocto Project build system (Poky) derives
85 </para></listitem> 74 from and to which it contributes.</para></listitem>
86 <listitem><para> 75 <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://developer.berlios.de/projects/bitbake/'>
87 <ulink url='http://www.intel.com/'>Intel Corporation</ulink> - The 76 Bitbake</ulink>:</emphasis> The tool used to process Yocto Project metadata.</para></listitem>
88 company who acquired OpenedHand in 2008. 77 <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://bitbake.berlios.de/manual/'>
89 </para></listitem> 78 BitBake User Manual</ulink>:</emphasis> A comprehensive guide to the BitBake tool.
90 79 </para></listitem>
91 <listitem><para> 80 <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://pimlico-project.org/'>Pimlico</ulink>:</emphasis>
92 <ulink url='http://www.openembedded.org/'>OpenEmbedded</ulink> 81 A suite of lightweight Personal Information Management (PIM) applications designed
93 - The upstream generic embedded distribution Poky derives 82 primarily for handheld and mobile devices.</para></listitem>
94 from (and contributes to). 83 <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://wiki.qemu.org/Index.html'>QEMU</ulink>:
95 </para></listitem> 84 </emphasis> An open source machine emulator and virtualizer.</para></listitem>
96 <listitem><para> 85 </itemizedlist>
97 <ulink url='http://developer.berlios.de/projects/bitbake/'>Bitbake</ulink> 86 </para>
98 - The tool used to process Poky metadata.
99 </para></listitem>
100 <listitem><para>
101 <ulink url='http://bitbake.berlios.de/manual/'>BitBake User
102 Manual</ulink> - A comprehensive guide to the BitBake tool.
103 </para></listitem>
104 <listitem><para>
105 <ulink url='http://pimlico-project.org/'>Pimlico</ulink> - A
106 suite of lightweight Personal Information Management (PIM)
107 applications designed primarily for handheld and mobile
108 devices.
109 </para></listitem>
110 <listitem><para>
111 <ulink url='http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/'>QEMU</ulink>
112 - An open source machine emulator and virtualizer.
113 </para></listitem>
114 </itemizedlist>
115</section> 87</section>
116 88
117<section id='resources-contributions'> 89<section id='resources-contributions'>
118 <title>Contributions</title> 90 <title>Contributions</title>
119 91
120 <para> 92 <para>
121 Contributions to Poky are very welcome. Patches should be sent to the Poky mailing list along with a Signed-off-by: line in the same style as the Linux kernel. Adding this line signifies the developer has agreed to the Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1: 93 Contributions to the Yocto Project are very welcome.
122 </para> 94 You should send patches to the Yocto Project mailing list along with a "signed-off-by:"
123 95 line in the same style as required by the Linux kernel.
124 <programlisting> 96 Adding this line signifies the developer has agreed to the Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
125 Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1 97 as follows:
126 98 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
127 By making a contribution to this project, I certify that: 99 Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
128 100
129 (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I 101 By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
130 have the right to submit it under the open source license 102
131 indicated in the file; or 103 (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
132 104 have the right to submit it under the open source license
133 (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best 105 indicated in the file; or
134 of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source 106
135 license and I have the right under that license to submit that 107 (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
136 work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part 108 of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
137 by me, under the same open source license (unless I am 109 license and I have the right under that license to submit that
138 permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated 110 work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
139 in the file; or 111 by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
140 112 permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
141 (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other 113 in the file; or
142 person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified 114
143 it. 115 (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
144 116 person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
145 (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution 117 it.
146 are public and that a record of the contribution (including all 118
147 personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is 119 (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
148 maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with 120 are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
149 this project or the open source license(s) involved. 121 personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
150</programlisting> 122 maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
151 123 this project or the open source license(s) involved.
152 <para> 124 </literallayout>
153 A Poky contributions tree (poky-contrib, git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky-contrib.git) 125 A Poky contributions tree (<filename>poky-contrib</filename>,
154 exists for people to stage contributions in, for regular contributors. 126 <filename>git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky-contrib.git</filename>)
155 If people desire such access, please ask on the mailing list. Usually 127 exists for contributors to stage contributions.
156 access will be given to anyone with a proven track record of good patches. 128 If people desire such access, please ask on the mailing list.
129 Usually, the Yocto Project team will grant access to anyone with a proven track
130 record of good patches.
157 </para> 131 </para>
158
159</section> 132</section>
160 133
161
162</appendix> 134</appendix>
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