11:20 a.m.
This organizes the existing contents into sections, tweaks some parts
a bit and adds links to the pages where the contents that were ripped
out of hacking.rst now live, either inline or in the catch-all "further
reading" section depending on what makes more sense.
The result is that it's now possible to consume this page, which is
the entry point for new contributors, in just a few minutes, and then
drill down further based on factors such as the familiarity with the
open source development model or mail-based workflows.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna(a)redhat.com>
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-======================
-Contributor guidelines
-======================
-
-.. contents::
-
-General tips for contributing patches
-=====================================
-
-#. Official upstream repository is kept in git
- (``https://libvirt.org/git/libvirt.git``) and is browsable
- along with other libvirt-related repositories (e.g.
- libvirt-python) `online <https://libvirt.org/git/>`__.
-
-#. Patches to translations are maintained via the `zanata
- project <https://fedora.zanata.org/>`__. If you want to fix a
- translation in a .po file, join the appropriate language team.
- The libvirt release process automatically pulls the latest
- version of each translation file from zanata.
-
-#. Contributors to libvirt projects **must** assert that they are
- in compliance with the `Developer Certificate of Origin
- 1.1 <https://developercertificate.org/>`__. This is achieved by
- adding a "Signed-off-by" line containing the contributor's name
- and e-mail to every commit message. The presence of this line
- attests that the contributor has read the above lined DCO and
- agrees with its statements.
-
-#. Make sure your patches apply against libvirt GIT. Developers
- only follow GIT and don't care much about released versions.
-
-#. Run the automated tests on your code before submitting any
- changes. That is:
-
- ::
-
- make check
- make syntax-check
-
-#. Update tests and/or documentation, particularly if you are
- adding a new feature or changing the output of a program.
-
-#. Don't forget to update the `release notes <news.html>`__ by
- changing ``docs/news.xml`` if your changes are significant. All
- user-visible changes, such as adding new XML elements or fixing
- all but the most obscure bugs, must be (briefly) described in a
- release notes entry; changes that are only relevant to other
- libvirt developers, such as code refactoring, don't belong in
- the release notes. Note that ``docs/news.xml`` should be
- updated in its own commit not to get in the way of backports.
+============
+Contributing
+============
+
+These are the basics steps you need to follow to contribute to
+libvirt.
+
+Repositories and external resources
+===================================
+
+The official upstream repository is kept in git
+(``https://libvirt.org/git/libvirt.git``) and is browsable
+along with other libvirt-related repositories (e.g.
+libvirt-python) `online <https://libvirt.org/git/>`__.
+
+Patches to translations are maintained via the `zanata
+project <https://fedora.zanata.org/>`__. If you want to fix a
+translation in a .po file, join the appropriate language team.
+The libvirt release process automatically pulls the latest
+version of each translation file from zanata.
+
+Preparing patches
+=================
+
+Make sure your patches apply against libvirt git. Developers
+only follow git and don't care much about released versions.
+
+Run the automated tests on your code before submitting any
+changes. That is:
+
+::
+
+ $ make check
+ $ make syntax-check
+
+These tests help making sure that your changes don't introduce
+regressions in libvirt, as well as validating that any new code
+follows the project's `coding style <coding-style.html>`__.
+
+If you're going to submit multiple patches, the automated tests
+must pass **after each patch**, not just after the last one.
+
+Update tests and/or documentation, particularly if you are
+adding a new feature or changing the output of a program, and
+don't forget to update the `release notes <news.html>`__ if your
+changes are significant and user-visible.
+
+Submitting patches
+==================
+
+Libvirt uses a mailing list based development workflow.
+
+While preparing your patches for submissions, make sure you
+follow the `best practices <best-practices.html>`__ and, once
+you're satisfied with the result, go ahead and
+`submit your patches <submitting-patches.html>`__.
+
+Developer Certificate of Origin
+===============================
+
+Contributors to libvirt projects **must** assert that they are
+in compliance with the `Developer Certificate of Origin
+1.1 <https://developercertificate.org/>`__. This is achieved by
+adding a "Signed-off-by" line containing the contributor's name
+and e-mail to every commit message. The presence of this line
+attests that the contributor has read the above lined DCO and
+agrees with its statements.
+
+Further reading
+===============
+
+This page only covers the very basics, so it's recommended that
+you also take a look at the following documents:
+
+- `Programming languages <programming-languages.html>`__
+- `Developer tooling <developer-tooling.html>`__
+- `Advanced test suite usage <advanced-tests.html>`__
+- `Adoption of GLib APIs <glib-adoption.html>`__
+- `Committer guidelines <committer-guidelines.html>`__
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