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<chapter id='resources'>
<title>Contributing to the Yocto Project</title>
<section id='resources-intro'>
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
The Yocto Project team is happy for people to experiment with the Yocto Project.
A number of places exist to find help if you run into difficulties or find bugs.
To find out how to download source code,
see the "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#local-yp-release'>Yocto Project Release</ulink>"
list item in the Yocto Project Development Manual.
</para>
</section>
<section id='resources-bugtracker'>
<title>Tracking Bugs</title>
<para>
If you find problems with the Yocto Project, you should report them using the
Bugzilla application at <ulink url='&YOCTO_BUGZILLA_URL;'></ulink>.
</para>
</section>
<section id='resources-mailinglist'>
<title>Mailing lists</title>
<para>
There are a number of mailing lists maintained by the Yocto Project as well as
related OpenEmbedded mailing lists for discussion, patch submission and announcements.
To subscribe to one of the following mailing lists, click on the appropriate URL
in the following list and follow the instructions:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/yocto'></ulink> -
General Yocto Project discussion mailing list. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url='&OE_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/openembedded-core'></ulink> -
Discussion mailing list about OpenEmbedded-Core (the core metadata).</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url='&OE_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/openembedded-devel'></ulink> -
Discussion mailing list about OpenEmbedded.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url='&OE_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/bitbake-devel'></ulink> -
Discussion mailing list about the BitBake build tool.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/poky'></ulink> -
Discussion mailing list about Poky.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/yocto-announce'></ulink> -
Mailing list to receive official Yocto Project release and milestone
announcements.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
<section id='resources-irc'>
<title>Internet Relay Chat (IRC)</title>
<para>
Two IRC channels on freenode are available for the Yocto Project and Poky discussions:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><filename>#yocto</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename>#poky</filename></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
<section id='resources-links'>
<title>Links</title>
<para>
Following is a list of resources you will find helpful:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;'>The Yocto Project website</ulink>:
</emphasis> The home site for the Yocto Project.</para></listitem>
<!-- <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='&OH_HOME_URL;'>OpenedHand</ulink>:</emphasis>
The company where the Yocto Project build system Poky was first developed.
OpenedHand has since been acquired by Intel Corporation.</para></listitem> -->
<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://www.intel.com/'>Intel Corporation</ulink>:</emphasis>
The company who acquired OpenedHand in 2008 and began development on the
Yocto Project.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='&OE_HOME_URL;'>OpenEmbedded</ulink>:</emphasis>
The upstream, generic, embedded distribution used as the basis for the build system in the
Yocto Project.
Poky derives from and contributes back to the OpenEmbedded project.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://developer.berlios.de/projects/bitbake/'>
BitBake</ulink>:</emphasis> The tool used to process metadata.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='&BITBAKE_DOCS_URL;'>
BitBake User Manual</ulink>:</emphasis> A comprehensive guide to the BitBake tool.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://pimlico-project.org/'>Pimlico</ulink>:</emphasis>
A suite of lightweight Personal Information Management (PIM) applications designed
primarily for handheld and mobile devices.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://wiki.qemu.org/Index.html'>QEMU</ulink>:
</emphasis> An open source machine emulator and virtualizer.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
<section id='resources-contributions'>
<title>Contributions</title>
<para>
The Yocto Project gladly accepts contributions.
You can submit changes to the project either by creating and sending pull requests,
or by submitting patches through email.
For information on how to do both, see the
"<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#how-to-submit-a-change'>How to Submit a Change</ulink>"
section in the Yocto Project Development Manual.
</para>
</section>
</chapter>
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