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<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"
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[<!ENTITY % poky SYSTEM "../poky.ent"> %poky; ] >
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<chapter id='resources'>
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<title>Contributing to the Yocto Project</title>
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<section id='resources-intro'>
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>
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The Yocto Project team is happy for people to experiment with the Yocto Project.
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A number of places exist to find help if you run into difficulties or find bugs.
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To find out how to download source code,
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see the "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#local-yp-release'>Yocto Project Release</ulink>"
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list item in the Yocto Project Development Manual.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id='resources-bugtracker'>
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<title>Tracking Bugs</title>
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<para>
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If you find problems with the Yocto Project, you should report them using the
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Bugzilla application at <ulink url='&YOCTO_BUGZILLA_URL;'></ulink>.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id='resources-mailinglist'>
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<title>Mailing lists</title>
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<para>
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There are a number of mailing lists maintained by the Yocto Project as well as
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related OpenEmbedded mailing lists for discussion, patch submission and announcements.
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To subscribe to one of the following mailing lists, click on the appropriate URL
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in the following list and follow the instructions:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/yocto'></ulink> -
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General Yocto Project discussion mailing list. </para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url='&OE_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/openembedded-core'></ulink> -
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Discussion mailing list about OpenEmbedded-Core (the core metadata).</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url='&OE_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/openembedded-devel'></ulink> -
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Discussion mailing list about OpenEmbedded.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url='&OE_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/bitbake-devel'></ulink> -
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Discussion mailing list about the BitBake build tool.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/poky'></ulink> -
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Discussion mailing list about Poky.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/yocto-announce'></ulink> -
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Mailing list to receive official Yocto Project release and milestone
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announcements.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id='resources-irc'>
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<title>Internet Relay Chat (IRC)</title>
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<para>
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Two IRC channels on freenode are available for the Yocto Project and Poky discussions:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para><filename>#yocto</filename></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><filename>#poky</filename></para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id='resources-links'>
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<title>Links</title>
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<para>
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Following is a list of resources you will find helpful:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;'>The Yocto Project website</ulink>:
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</emphasis> The home site for the Yocto Project.</para></listitem>
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<!-- <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='&OH_HOME_URL;'>OpenedHand</ulink>:</emphasis>
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The company where the Yocto Project build system Poky was first developed.
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OpenedHand has since been acquired by Intel Corporation.</para></listitem> -->
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<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://www.intel.com/'>Intel Corporation</ulink>:</emphasis>
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The company who acquired OpenedHand in 2008 and began development on the
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Yocto Project.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='&OE_HOME_URL;'>OpenEmbedded</ulink>:</emphasis>
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The upstream, generic, embedded distribution used as the basis for the build system in the
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Yocto Project.
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Poky derives from and contributes back to the OpenEmbedded project.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://developer.berlios.de/projects/bitbake/'>
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BitBake</ulink>:</emphasis> The tool used to process metadata.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><emphasis>BitBake User Manual:</emphasis>
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A comprehensive guide to the BitBake tool.
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You can find the BitBake User Manual in the <filename>bitbake/doc/manual</filename>
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directory, which is found in the
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<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://wiki.qemu.org/Index.html'>QEMU</ulink>:
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</emphasis> An open source machine emulator and virtualizer.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id='resources-contributions'>
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<title>Contributions</title>
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<para>
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The Yocto Project gladly accepts contributions.
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You can submit changes to the project either by creating and sending pull requests,
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or by submitting patches through email.
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For information on how to do both, see the
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"<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#how-to-submit-a-change'>How to Submit a Change</ulink>"
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section in the Yocto Project Development Manual.
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</para>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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