[Buildroot] [PATCH 1 of 8] manual: contributing: expand introduction

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Thomas, All,

On 2014-03-05 17:24 +0100, Thomas De Schampheleire spake thusly:
> 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 <thomas.de.schampheleire@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

> ---
>  docs/manual/contribute.txt |  31 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/manual/contribute.txt b/docs/manual/contribute.txt
> --- 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.
> +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.
>  
> -Currently, the mailing list is the central place for contribution.
> -If you have not already subscribed to it, then refer to
> +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:
> _______________________________________________
> buildroot mailing list
> buildroot at busybox.net
> http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/buildroot

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