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Getting involved
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Like any open source project, Buildroot has different ways to share
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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,
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want to understand Buildroot or contribute to the project.
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Mailing List
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Buildroot has a mailing list
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http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot[] for discussion and
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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
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http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/buildroot[].
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Only subscribers to the Buildroot mailing list are allowed to post to
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this list.
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The list is also available through _Gmane_ http://gmane.org[], at
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+gmane.comp.lib.uclibc.buildroot+
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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
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mailing list, since there is a good chance someone else has asked the
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same question before. Checking the archives is a great way to avoid
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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[].
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The channel +#buildroot+ is hosted on Freenode
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http://webchat.freenode.net[].
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When asking for help on IRC, share relevant logs or pieces of code
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using a code sharing website.
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[[patchwork]]
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Patchwork
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Patchwork is a web-based patch tracking system designed to facilitate
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the contribution and management of contributions to an open-source
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project. Patches that have been sent to a mailing list are \'caught' by
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the system, and appear on a web page. Any comments posted that
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reference the patch are appended to the patch page too. For more
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information on Patchwork see
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http://jk.ozlabs.org/projects/patchwork[].
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Buildroot's Patchwork website is mainly for use by Buildroot's
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maintainer to ensure patches aren't missed. The website however,
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exposes patches and their corresponding review comments in a clean
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and concise web interface.
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The Buildroot patch management interface is available at
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http://patchwork.buildroot.org[].
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[[apply-patches-patchwork]]
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Applying Patches from Patchwork
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The main use of Buildroot's Patchwork website for a developer is for
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pulling in patches into their local git repository for testing
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purposes.
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When browsing patches in the patchwork management interface, an +mbox+
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link is provided at the top of the page. Copy this link address and
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run the following commands:
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$ git checkout -b <test-branch-name>
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$ wget -O - <mbox-url> | git am
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Another option for applying patches is to create a bundle. A bundle is
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a set of patches that you can group together using the patchwork
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interface. Once the bundle is created and the bundle is made public,
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you can copy the +mbox+ link for the bundle and apply the bundle
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using the above commands.
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[[bugtracker]]
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Bugtracker
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The Buildroot bugtracker is at https://bugs.busybox.net[].
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2012-11-11 04:14:53 +01:00
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To open a bug, see xref:reporting-bugs[].
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Buildroot wikipage
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After the Buildroot developer day on February 3, 2012,
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a page dedicated to Buildroot has been created on
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http://elinux.org[elinux.org].
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This page is reachable at http://elinux.org/Buildroot[].
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Currently, this page is mainly used as a _todo-list_.
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[[events]]
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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[]
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* Report: http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2012-February/050371.html[]
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