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<title > Contributing to Poky</title>
<section id= 'resources-intro' >
<title > Introduction</title>
<para >
We're happy for people to experiment with Poky and there are a number of places to
find help if you run into difficulties or find bugs. To find out how to download
source code see the <link linkend= 'intro-getit' > Obtaining Poky</link> section of
the Introduction.
</para>
</section>
<section id= 'resources-bugtracker' >
<title > Bugtracker</title>
<para >
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Problems with Poky should be reported using the Bugzilla application at
<ulink url= 'http://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/' > </ulink> .
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</para>
</section>
<section id= 'resources-mailinglist' >
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<title > Mailing lists</title>
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<para >
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To subscribe to the mailing lists click on the following URLs and follow the instructions:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist >
<listitem > <para >
<ulink url= 'http://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto' > </ulink> for a Yocto Discussions
mailing list.
</para> </listitem>
<listitem > <para >
<ulink url= 'http://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/poky' > </ulink> for a Poky Discussions
mailing list.
</para> </listitem>
<listitem > <para >
<ulink url= 'http://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto-announce' > </ulink> for a mailing list
to receive offical Yocto Project announcements for developments and milestones.
</para> </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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</section>
<section id= 'resources-irc' >
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<title > Internet Relay Chat (IRC)</title>
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<para >
Two IRC channels on freenode are available for Yocto Project and Poky discussions:
<itemizedlist >
<listitem > <para >
#yocto
</para> </listitem>
<listitem > <para >
#poky
</para> </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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</para>
</section>
<section id= 'resources-links' >
<title > Links</title>
<itemizedlist >
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<listitem > <para >
<ulink url= 'http://yoctoproject.org' > The Yocto Project website</ulink> - The home site
for Yocto Project.
</para> </listitem>
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<listitem > <para >
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<ulink url= 'http://pokylinux.org' > The Poky website</ulink> - The home site
for Poky Linux.
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</para> </listitem>
<listitem > <para >
<ulink url= 'http://www.openedhand.com/' > OpenedHand</ulink> - The
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original company behind Poky.
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</para> </listitem>
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<listitem > <para >
<ulink url= 'http://www.intel.com/' > Intel Corporation</ulink> - The
company who acquired OpenedHand in 2008.
</para> </listitem>
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<listitem > <para >
<ulink url= 'http://www.openembedded.org/' > OpenEmbedded</ulink>
- The upstream generic embedded distribution Poky derives
from (and contributes to).
</para> </listitem>
<listitem > <para >
<ulink url= 'http://developer.berlios.de/projects/bitbake/' > Bitbake</ulink>
- The tool used to process Poky metadata.
</para> </listitem>
<listitem > <para >
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<ulink url= 'http://bitbake.berlios.de/manual/' > BitBake User
Manual</ulink> - A comprehensive guide to the BitBake tool.
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</para> </listitem>
<listitem > <para >
<ulink url= 'http://pimlico-project.org/' > Pimlico</ulink> - A
suite of lightweight Personal Information Management (PIM)
applications designed primarily for handheld and mobile
devices.
</para> </listitem>
<listitem > <para >
<ulink url= 'http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/' > QEMU</ulink>
- An open source machine emulator and virtualizer.
</para> </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
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<section id= 'resources-contributions' >
<title > Contributions</title>
<para >
Contributions to Poky are very welcome. Patches should be sent to the Poky mailing list along with a Signed-off-by: line in the same style as the Linux kernel. Adding this line signifies the developer has agreed to the Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1:
</para>
<programlisting >
Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
have the right to submit it under the open source license
indicated in the file; or
(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
license and I have the right under that license to submit that
work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
in the file; or
(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
it.
(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
this project or the open source license(s) involved.
</programlisting>
<para >
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A Poky contributions tree (poky-contrib, git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky-contrib.git)
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exists for people to stage contributions in, for regular contributors.
If people desire such access, please ask on the mailing list. Usually
access will be given to anyone with a proven track record of good patches.
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</para>
</section>
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