kumquat-buildroot/docs/manual/get-involved.txt
Thomas De Schampheleire 86a415df8a manual: use one-line titles instead of two-line titles (trivial)
Asciidoc supports two syntaxes for section titles: two-line titles (title
plus underline consisting of a particular symbol), and one-line titles
(title prefixed with a specific number of = signs).

The two-line title underlines are:
Level 0 (top level):     ======================
Level 1:                 ----------------------
Level 2:                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Level 3:                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Level 4 (bottom level):  ++++++++++++++++++++++

and the one-line title prefixes:
= Document Title (level 0) =
== Section title (level 1) ==

=== Section title (level 2) ===
==== Section title (level 3) ====
===== Section title (level 4) =====

The buildroot manual is currenly using the two-line titles, but this has
multiple disadvantages:

- asciidoc also uses some of the underline symbols for other purposes (like
  preformatted code, example blocks, ...), which makes it difficult to do
  mass replacements, such as a planned follow-up patch that needs to move
  all sections one level down.

- it is difficult to remember which level a given underline symbol (=-~^+)
  corresponds to, while counting = signs is easy.

This patch changes all two-level titles to one-level titles in the manual.
The bulk of the change was done with the following Python script, except for
the level 1 titles (-----) as these underlines are also used for literal
code blocks.
This patch only changes the titles, no other changes. In
adding-packages-directory.txt, I did add missing newlines between some
titles and their content.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
import mmap
import re

for input in sys.argv[1:]:

    f = open(input, 'r+')
    f.flush()
    s = mmap.mmap(f.fileno(), 0)

    # Level 0 (top level):     ======================   =
    # Level 1:                 ----------------------   ==
    # Level 2:                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ===
    # Level 3:                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   ====
    # Level 4 (bottom level):  ++++++++++++++++++++++   =====

    def replace_title(s, symbol, replacement):
        pattern = re.compile(r'(.+\n)\%s{2,}\n' % symbol, re.MULTILINE)
        return pattern.sub(r'%s \1' % replacement, s)

    new = s
    new = replace_title(new, '=', '=')
    new = replace_title(new, '+', '=====')
    new = replace_title(new, '^', '====')
    new = replace_title(new, '~', '===')
    #new = replace_title(new, '-', '==')

    s.seek(0)
    s.write(new)
    s.resize(s.tell())
    s.close()
    f.close()

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Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
2014-05-02 10:27:59 +02:00

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// -*- mode:doc; -*-
// vim: set syntax=asciidoc:
= Getting involved
Like any open source project, Buildroot has different ways to share
information in its community and outside.
One piece of it is the document you are currently reading ;-).
Each of those ways may interest you if you are looking for some help,
want to understand Buildroot or contribute to the project.
== Mailing List
Buildroot has a mailing list
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot[] for discussion and
development.
[[mailing-list-subscribe]]
=== Subscribing to the mailing list
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[].
=== Searching the List Archives
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...
== IRC
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[].
[[apply-patches-patchwork]]
=== Applying Patches from Patchwork
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:
---------------------
$ 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.
[[bugtracker]]
== Bugtracker
The Buildroot bugtracker is at https://bugs.busybox.net[].
To open a bug, see xref:reporting-bugs[].
== 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
=== Buildroot Developer Days aside ELC-E 2012 (November 3-4, 2012 - Barcelona)
* Event page: http://elinux.org/Buildroot:DeveloperDaysELCE2012[]
=== Buildroot presentation at LSM 2012 (July 12-14, 2012 - Geneva)
* Announcement: http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2012-May/053845.html[]
=== Buildroot Developer Days aside FOSDEM 2012 (February 3, 2012 - Brussels)
* Announcement & agenda thread: http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2012-January/049340.html[]
* Report: http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2012-February/050371.html[]