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[<!ENTITY % poky SYSTEM "../poky.ent"> %poky; ] >
<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>"
section 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>
A number of mailing lists maintained by the Yocto Project exist
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
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#bitbake-term'>BitBake</ulink>
build tool.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/poky'></ulink> -
Discussion mailing list about
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#poky'>Poky</ulink>.
</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>
For more Yocto Project-related mailing lists, see the Yocto Project community mailing lists page
<ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;/tools-resources/community/mailing-lists'>here</ulink>.
</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>
Here 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='http://www.intel.com/'>Intel Corporation</ulink>:</emphasis>
The company that 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://www.openembedded.org/wiki/BitBake'>
BitBake</ulink>:</emphasis> The tool used to process metadata.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
For more links, see the
"<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#other-information'>Other Information</ulink>"
section in the Yocto Project Development Manual.
</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 as well as information on how
to identify the maintainer for each area of code, 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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