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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</section>
58
59<section id='resources-irc'>
60 <title>Internet Relay Chat (IRC)</title>
61
62 <para>
63 Two IRC channels on freenode are available for the Yocto Project and Poky discussions:
64 <itemizedlist>
65 <listitem><para><filename>#yocto</filename></para></listitem>
66 <listitem><para><filename>#poky</filename></para></listitem>
67 </itemizedlist>
68 </para>
69</section>
70
71<section id='resources-links'>
72 <title>Links</title>
73
74 <para>
75 Here is a list of resources you will find helpful:
76 <itemizedlist>
77 <listitem><para><emphasis>
78 <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;'>The Yocto Project website</ulink>:
79 </emphasis> The home site for the Yocto
80 Project.</para></listitem>
81 <listitem><para><emphasis>
82 <ulink url='http://www.intel.com/'>Intel Corporation</ulink>:</emphasis>
83 The company who acquired OpenedHand in 2008 and began
84 development on the Yocto Project.</para></listitem>
85 <listitem><para><emphasis>
86 <ulink url='&OE_HOME_URL;'>OpenEmbedded</ulink>:</emphasis>
87 The upstream, generic, embedded distribution used as the basis
88 for the build system in the Yocto Project.
89 Poky derives from and contributes back to the OpenEmbedded
90 project.</para></listitem>
91 <listitem><para><emphasis>
92 <ulink url='http://developer.berlios.de/projects/bitbake/'>
93 BitBake</ulink>:</emphasis> The tool used to process metadata.</para></listitem>
94 <listitem><para><emphasis>
95 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BB_URL;'>BitBake User Manual</ulink>:</emphasis>
96 A comprehensive guide to the BitBake tool.
97 In the
98 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>,
99 you can find the BitBake User Manual in the
100 <filename>bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual</filename> directory.
101 </para></listitem>
102 <listitem><para><emphasis>
103 <ulink url='http://wiki.qemu.org/Index.html'>QEMU</ulink>:
104 </emphasis> An open source machine emulator and virtualizer.
105 </para></listitem>
106 </itemizedlist>
107 </para>
108</section>
109
110<section id='resources-contributions'>
111 <title>Contributions</title>
112
113 <para>
114 The Yocto Project gladly accepts contributions.
115 You can submit changes to the project either by creating and sending
116 pull requests,
117 or by submitting patches through email.
118 For information on how to do both as well as information on how
119 to find out who is the maintainer for areas of code, see the
120 "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#how-to-submit-a-change'>How to Submit a Change</ulink>"
121 section in the Yocto Project Development Manual.
122 </para>
123</section>
124
125</chapter>
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