linux/poky.git/documentation/contributor-guide, branch yocto-5.0

manuals: refer to new yocto-patches mailing list wherever appropriate

2024-04-08T13:36:38+00:00

There's a new yocto-patches mailing list available for all layers that do not have their own mailing list. c.f. https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/yocto/topic/105197684 Cc: Quentin Schulz (From yocto-docs rev: ac512f76b93a20507a6835ddafa954b4ae45e268) Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

contributor-guide: be more specific about meta-* trees

2024-03-19T15:22:27+00:00

* this is often confused to apply for e.g. meta-oe as well where it doesn't apply as meta-oe has own ML mentioned in README. (From yocto-docs rev: 63be0814a7ecf38c570b6d776f62b7c7803eb299) Signed-off-by: Martin Jansa Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

contributor-guide: add notes for tests

2024-03-06T16:54:54+00:00

This adds some hints that and how changes should be tested when contributing. Fixes [YOCTO #15412] (From yocto-docs rev: 6f3dbb2a909ba5b71efb09b251ee3f8650e30146) Signed-off-by: Simone Weiß Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

contributor-guide: fix lore URL

2024-02-05T14:30:34+00:00

Cc: Michael Opdenacker (From yocto-docs rev: 5962a09a120681c1328e05335c2f14fad06c63ce) Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

contributor-guide: use "apt" instead of "aptitude"

2024-01-12T11:34:05+00:00

As used in the rest of the manual. (From yocto-docs rev: 5a5dfc446bb62568da50056660d18c5c309d1051) Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

contributor-guide: fix command option

2023-12-01T17:45:06+00:00

"--subject-prefix" applies to "git format-patch", not "git send-email" (From yocto-docs rev: d0e255f4ace445e076f37d42bbc69378f5985c59) Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

contributor-guide: add License-Update tag

2023-12-01T17:45:06+00:00

Porting from the old wiki https://www.openembedded.org/index.php?title=Commit_Patch_Message_Guidelines&oldid=10935#Describing_license_changes (From yocto-docs rev: 51e55b44a4532ae16595bd5a712c34deeff5d47b) Signed-off-by: Justin Bronder Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

contributor-guide: clarify patchtest usage

2023-10-20T13:40:29+00:00

- Make it clear that patchtest only supports openembedded-core for now - Add a short list of instructions for installing Python module dependencies on the host - Add a step to add meta-selftest with bitbake layers so that all tests can run (From yocto-docs rev: bcd58d68e72226be1930593f5f7fb37de15b7913) Signed-off-by: Trevor Gamblin Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

contributor-guide: add patchtest section

2023-10-20T13:40:29+00:00

(From yocto-docs rev: 236cd04d62bdf653aae9b41d32d9f87848a34339) Signed-off-by: Trevor Gamblin Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

contributor-guide: style-guide: discourage using Pending patch status

2023-09-25T13:37:26+00:00

Suggested-by: Michael Opdenacker Suggested-by: Alexander Kanavin (From yocto-docs rev: 4924c900582aaa803b003e10e48fc4a4373f6a77) Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie