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1 | <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" | ||
2 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" | ||
3 | [<!ENTITY % poky SYSTEM "../poky.ent"> %poky; ] > | ||
4 | |||
5 | <chapter id='resources'> | ||
6 | <title>Contributing to the Yocto Project</title> | ||
7 | |||
8 | <section id='resources-intro'> | ||
9 | <title>Introduction</title> | ||
10 | <para> | ||
11 | The Yocto Project team is happy for people to experiment with the Yocto Project. | ||
12 | A number of places exist to find help if you run into difficulties or find bugs. | ||
13 | To find out how to download source code, | ||
14 | see the "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#local-yp-release'>Yocto Project Release</ulink>" | ||
15 | section in the Yocto Project Development Manual. | ||
16 | </para> | ||
17 | </section> | ||
18 | |||
19 | <section id='resources-bugtracker'> | ||
20 | <title>Tracking Bugs</title> | ||
21 | |||
22 | <para> | ||
23 | If you find problems with the Yocto Project, you should report them using the | ||
24 | Bugzilla application at <ulink url='&YOCTO_BUGZILLA_URL;'></ulink>. | ||
25 | </para> | ||
26 | </section> | ||
27 | |||
28 | <section id='resources-mailinglist'> | ||
29 | <title>Mailing lists</title> | ||
30 | |||
31 | <para> | ||
32 | A number of mailing lists maintained by the Yocto Project exist | ||
33 | as well as related OpenEmbedded mailing lists for discussion, | ||
34 | patch submission and announcements. | ||
35 | To subscribe to one of the following mailing lists, click on the | ||
36 | appropriate URL in the following list and follow the instructions: | ||
37 | <itemizedlist> | ||
38 | <listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/yocto'></ulink> - | ||
39 | General Yocto Project discussion mailing list. </para></listitem> | ||
40 | <listitem><para><ulink url='&OE_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/openembedded-core'></ulink> - | ||
41 | Discussion mailing list about OpenEmbedded-Core (the core metadata).</para></listitem> | ||
42 | <listitem><para><ulink url='&OE_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/openembedded-devel'></ulink> - | ||
43 | Discussion mailing list about OpenEmbedded.</para></listitem> | ||
44 | <listitem><para><ulink url='&OE_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/bitbake-devel'></ulink> - | ||
45 | Discussion mailing list about the | ||
46 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#bitbake-term'>BitBake</ulink> | ||
47 | build tool.</para></listitem> | ||
48 | <listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/poky'></ulink> - | ||
49 | Discussion mailing list about | ||
50 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#poky'>Poky</ulink>. | ||
51 | </para></listitem> | ||
52 | <listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/yocto-announce'></ulink> - | ||
53 | Mailing list to receive official Yocto Project release and milestone | ||
54 | announcements.</para></listitem> | ||
55 | </itemizedlist> | ||
56 | </para> | ||
57 | For more Yocto Project-related mailing lists, see the Yocto Project community mailing lists page | ||
58 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;/tools-resources/community/mailing-lists'>here</ulink>. | ||
59 | </section> | ||
60 | |||
61 | <section id='resources-irc'> | ||
62 | <title>Internet Relay Chat (IRC)</title> | ||
63 | |||
64 | <para> | ||
65 | Two IRC channels on freenode are available for the Yocto Project and Poky discussions: | ||
66 | <itemizedlist> | ||
67 | <listitem><para><filename>#yocto</filename></para></listitem> | ||
68 | <listitem><para><filename>#poky</filename></para></listitem> | ||
69 | </itemizedlist> | ||
70 | </para> | ||
71 | </section> | ||
72 | |||
73 | <section id='resources-links'> | ||
74 | <title>Links</title> | ||
75 | |||
76 | <para> | ||
77 | Here is a list of resources you will find helpful: | ||
78 | <itemizedlist> | ||
79 | <listitem><para><emphasis> | ||
80 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;'>The Yocto Project website</ulink>: | ||
81 | </emphasis> The home site for the Yocto | ||
82 | Project.</para></listitem> | ||
83 | <listitem><para><emphasis> | ||
84 | <ulink url='http://www.intel.com/'>Intel Corporation</ulink>:</emphasis> | ||
85 | The company that acquired OpenedHand in 2008 and began | ||
86 | development on the Yocto Project.</para></listitem> | ||
87 | <listitem><para><emphasis> | ||
88 | <ulink url='&OE_HOME_URL;'>OpenEmbedded</ulink>:</emphasis> | ||
89 | The upstream, generic, embedded distribution used as the basis | ||
90 | for the build system in the Yocto Project. | ||
91 | Poky derives from and contributes back to the OpenEmbedded | ||
92 | project.</para></listitem> | ||
93 | <listitem><para><emphasis> | ||
94 | <ulink url='http://www.openembedded.org/wiki/BitBake'> | ||
95 | BitBake</ulink>:</emphasis> The tool used to process metadata.</para></listitem> | ||
96 | <listitem><para><emphasis> | ||
97 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BB_URL;'>BitBake User Manual</ulink>:</emphasis> | ||
98 | A comprehensive guide to the BitBake tool. | ||
99 | In the | ||
100 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>, | ||
101 | you can find the BitBake User Manual in the | ||
102 | <filename>bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual</filename> directory. | ||
103 | </para></listitem> | ||
104 | <listitem><para><emphasis> | ||
105 | <ulink url='http://wiki.qemu.org/Index.html'>QEMU</ulink>: | ||
106 | </emphasis> An open source machine emulator and virtualizer. | ||
107 | </para></listitem> | ||
108 | </itemizedlist> | ||
109 | </para> | ||
110 | </section> | ||
111 | |||
112 | <section id='resources-contributions'> | ||
113 | <title>Contributions</title> | ||
114 | |||
115 | <para> | ||
116 | The Yocto Project gladly accepts contributions. | ||
117 | You can submit changes to the project either by creating and sending | ||
118 | pull requests, | ||
119 | or by submitting patches through email. | ||
120 | For information on how to do both as well as information on how | ||
121 | to identify the maintainer for each area of code, see the | ||
122 | "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#how-to-submit-a-change'>How to Submit a Change</ulink>" | ||
123 | section in the Yocto Project Development Manual. | ||
124 | </para> | ||
125 | </section> | ||
126 | |||
127 | </chapter> | ||
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