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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2012-12-11 12:07:58 -0600
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2013-01-07 14:43:25 +0000
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documentation: Rename of poky-ref-manual folder to ref-manual.
Changing the folder that holds the YP Reference Manual to be "ref-manual". This will help with confustion over the manual's intended purpose. (From yocto-docs rev: 1106442964b5080cb0b6b3bd3af32e9407c0f7c1) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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+<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"
+[<!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>"
+ 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>BitBake User Manual:</emphasis>
+ A comprehensive guide to the BitBake tool.
+ You can find the BitBake User Manual in the <filename>bitbake/doc/manual</filename>
+ directory, which is found in the
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>.
+ </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>
+<!--
+vim: expandtab tw=80 ts=4
+-->