From patchwork Tue Mar 20 23:10:00 2012 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [10/11] manual: update get-involved.txt From: Samuel Martin X-Patchwork-Id: 147865 Message-Id: <1332285001-12881-11-git-send-email-s.martin49@gmail.com> To: buildroot@busybox.net Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:10:00 +0100 Signed-off-by: Samuel MARTIN --- docs/manual/get-involved.txt | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/manual/get-involved.txt b/docs/manual/get-involved.txt index df3b055..9b6e843 100644 --- a/docs/manual/get-involved.txt +++ b/docs/manual/get-involved.txt @@ -1,2 +1,67 @@ Getting involved ================ + +Like any open source projects, 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 look 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 the IRC, share relevant logs or piece of code +using a code sharing website (see +http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_pastebins[], and pick up +one). + +Bugtracker +---------- + +The Buildroot bugtracker is at https://bugs.uclibc.org[]. + +Buildroot wikipage +------------------ + +Consecutively to the Buildroot developer day 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_.