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| Getting involved |
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| Like any open source project, Buildroot has different ways to share |
| information in its community and outside. |
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| One piece of it is the document you are currently reading ;-). |
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| Each of those ways may interest you if you are looking for some help, |
| want to understand Buildroot or contribute to the project. |
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| Mailing List |
| ------------ |
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| Buildroot has a mailing list |
| http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot[] for discussion and |
| development. |
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| [[mailing-list-subscribe]] |
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| Subscribing to the mailing list |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| You can subscribe by visiting |
| http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/buildroot[]. |
| Only subscribers to the Buildroot mailing list are allowed to post to |
| this list. |
| |
| The list is also available through _Gmane_ http://gmane.org[], at |
| +gmane.comp.lib.uclibc.buildroot+ |
| http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.uclibc.buildroot[]. |
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| Searching the List Archives |
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| |
| Please search the mailing list archives before asking questions on the |
| mailing list, since there is a good chance someone else has asked the |
| same question before. Checking the archives is a great way to avoid |
| annoying everyone on the list with frequently asked questions... |
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| IRC |
| --- |
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| The Buildroot IRC is irc://freenode.net/#buildroot[]. |
| The channel +#buildroot+ is hosted on Freenode |
| http://webchat.freenode.net[]. |
| |
| When asking for help on IRC, share relevant logs or pieces of code |
| using a code sharing website. |
| |
| [[patchwork]] |
| Patchwork |
| --------- |
| |
| Patchwork is a web-based patch tracking system designed to facilitate |
| the contribution and management of contributions to an open-source |
| project. Patches that have been sent to a mailing list are \'caught' by |
| the system, and appear on a web page. Any comments posted that |
| reference the patch are appended to the patch page too. For more |
| information on Patchwork see |
| http://jk.ozlabs.org/projects/patchwork[]. |
| |
| Buildroot's Patchwork website is mainly for use by Buildroot's |
| maintainer to ensure patches aren't missed. The website however, |
| exposes patches and their corresponding review comments in a clean |
| and concise web interface. |
| |
| The Buildroot patch management interface is available at |
| http://patchwork.buildroot.org[]. |
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| [[apply-patches-patchwork]] |
| Applying Patches from Patchwork |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| The main use of Buildroot's Patchwork website for a developer is for |
| pulling in patches into their local git repository for testing |
| purposes. |
| |
| When browsing patches in the patchwork management interface, an +mbox+ |
| link is provided at the top of the page. Copy this link address and |
| run the following commands: |
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| --------------------- |
| $ git checkout -b <test-branch-name> |
| $ wget -O - <mbox-url> | git am |
| --------------------- |
| |
| Another option for applying patches is to create a bundle. A bundle is |
| a set of patches that you can group together using the patchwork |
| interface. Once the bundle is created and the bundle is made public, |
| you can copy the +mbox+ link for the bundle and apply the bundle |
| using the above commands. |
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| [[bugtracker]] |
| Bugtracker |
| ---------- |
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| The Buildroot bugtracker is at https://bugs.busybox.net[]. |
| |
| To open a bug, see xref:reporting-bugs[]. |
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| Buildroot wikipage |
| ------------------ |
| |
| After the Buildroot developer day on February 3, 2012, |
| a page dedicated to Buildroot has been created on |
| http://elinux.org[elinux.org]. |
| |
| This page is reachable at http://elinux.org/Buildroot[]. |
| |
| Currently, this page is mainly used as a _todo-list_. |
| |
| [[events]] |
| Events |
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| Buildroot Developer Days aside ELC-E 2012 (November 3-4, 2012 - Barcelona) |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| * Event page: http://elinux.org/Buildroot:DeveloperDaysELCE2012[] |
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| Buildroot presentation at LSM 2012 (July 12-14, 2012 - Geneva) |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| * Announcement: http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2012-May/053845.html[] |
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| Buildroot Developer Days aside FOSDEM 2012 (February 3, 2012 - Brussels) |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| * Announcement & agenda thread: http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2012-January/049340.html[] |
| * Report: http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2012-February/050371.html[] |
