From: Thomas De Schampheleire Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 16:24:27 +0000 (+0100) Subject: manual: contributing: expand introduction X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=37b22be91d8a0bf2ffc2f44835853f3c34e653ed;p=buildroot.git manual: contributing: expand introduction This patch expands the introduction of the "Contributing to buildroot" section. In general, the intention of this and subsequent patches is to promote non-feature contributions, like autobuild fixes, bug report analysis, TODO list work, etc. Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire Reviewed-by: "Yann E. MORIN" Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni --- diff --git a/docs/manual/contribute.txt b/docs/manual/contribute.txt index 4f44dccfdd..9727180869 100644 --- a/docs/manual/contribute.txt +++ b/docs/manual/contribute.txt @@ -2,26 +2,35 @@ // vim: set syntax=asciidoc: Contributing to Buildroot -======================== - -If you want to contribute to Buildroot, you will need a git view of -the project. Refer to xref:getting-buildroot[] to get it. - -Currently, the mailing list is the central place for contribution. -If you have not already subscribed to it, then refer to +========================= + +There are many ways in which you can contribute to Buildroot: analyzing +and fixing bugs, analyzing and fixing package build failures detected by +the autobuilders, testing and reviewing patches sent by other +developers, working on the items in our TODO list and sending your own +improvements to Buildroot or its manual. The following sections give a +little more detail on each of these items. + +If you are interested in contributing to Buildroot, the first thing you +should do is to subscribe to the Buildroot mailing list. This list is +the main way of interacting with other Buildroot developers and to send +contributions to. If you aren't subscribed yet, then refer to xref:mailing-list-subscribe[]. -Recently, a web interface is also used to manage patches sent to the -mailing list, see xref:patchwork[]. - -[NOTE] -_Please, do not attach patches to bugs, send them to the mailing list -instead_ (see xref:submitting-patches[]). +If you are going to touch the code, it is highly recommended to use a +git repository of Buildroot, rather than starting from an extracted +source code tarball. Git is the easiest way to develop from and directly +send your patches to the mailing list. Refer to xref:getting-buildroot[] +for more information on obtaining a Buildroot git tree. [[submitting-patches]] Submitting patches ------------------ +[NOTE] +_Please, do not attach patches to bugs, send them to the mailing list +instead_. + When your changes are done, and committed in your local git view, _rebase_ your development branch on top of the upstream tree before generating the patch set. To do so, run: