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include("../tde-head-and-foot.php");
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doHeader("Contributing", "Documentation", "FAQ", "../");
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<table width="100%" class="header"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="navLeft" width="33%"><a accesskey="p" href="questions.php">Prev</a></td><td align="center" class="navCenter" width="34%"></td><td align="right" class="navRight" width="33%">
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<p class="chapter" lang="en">
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<p class="titlepage">
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<p><h2 class="title"><a name="contribute"></a>Chapter 19. Contributing</h2>
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<p class="qandaset"><dl><dt>19.1. <a href="contribute.php#idm140487996923568">How can I contribute to TDE?</a></dt><dt>19.2. <a href="contribute.php#idm140487996832816">How do I submit a bug report?</a></dt><dt>19.3. <a href="contribute.php#idm140487996827392">May I join the development team?</a></dt><dt>19.4. <a href="contribute.php#idm140487996824032">I want to program for TDE. What should I do first?</a></dt><dt>19.5. <a href="contribute.php#idm140487996808128">How do I get access to TDE GIT?</a></dt><dt>19.6. <a href="contribute.php#idm140487996801168">Can I have read-only access to the GIT repository?</a></dt><dt>19.7. <a href="contribute.php#idm140487996796880">Are there any GIT mirror sites for TDE?</a></dt></dl><table border="0" summary="Q and A Set"><col align="left" width="1%"><tbody><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="idm140487996923568"></a><a name="idm140487996923248"></a><b>19.1.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>How can I contribute to TDE?</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>TDE is a free/libre software project that lives from voluntary
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contributions. Everybody is encouraged to contribute to TDE. Not
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only programmers are welcome. There are many ways in which you can
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help to improve TDE:</p>
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<p class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>Test the software.</p></li><li><p>Send in bug reports. For more information,
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refer to <a href="contribute.php#bug-report">How do I submit a bug
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report?</a>.</p></li><li><p>Write or edit documentation and help files.</p></li><li><p>Translate programs, documentation, and help files.
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</p></li><li><p>Draw icons, wallpaper, or compose sound effects.</p></li><li><p>Write articles and books about TDE. If you want to
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help spread the word about TDE, send an email to
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<code class="email"><<a href="mailto:devels@trinitydesktop.org">devels@trinitydesktop.org</a>></code>. This will get you in touch
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with the TDE developers and packagers.</p></li><li><p>Program new TDE applications. Please refer to <a href="contribute.php#programming">Q:19.4</a> for more information.</p></li><li><p> Of course, sponsors are also
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welcome. :-)</p></li></ul><p>There are several places to look for more information if you
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want to get involved in the development. The first step is to
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subscribe to some of the <a href="/mailinglist.php" target="_top">mailing
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lists</a>. You will soon see something
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that can be improved or added.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="idm140487996832816"></a><a name="bug-report"></a><b>19.2.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>How do I submit a bug report?</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>There is a bug tracking system available at <a href="http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/" target="_top">http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/</a>
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and thanks for helping! The system features several query types and a
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list of all known bugs.</p><p>The easiest way to submit a bug is to select
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Help->Report
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Bug/Request Enhancement... from the menu bar of the application
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with the bug. This will open a dialog box with a link
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to the bug tracking system. Please follow the
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instructions of the bug reporting wizard.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="idm140487996827392"></a><a name="idm140487996827072"></a><b>19.3.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>May I join the development team?</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Please! Join our discussion list at
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<a href="/mailinglist.php" target="_top">
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http://www.trinitydesktop.org/mailinglist.php</a>. Join
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Internet Relay Chat (IRC) sessions at chat.freenode.net, channel: #trinity-desktop</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="idm140487996824032"></a><a name="programming"></a><b>19.4.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>I want to program for TDE. What should I do first?</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Everybody is encouraged to develop software for TDE. What you
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should do first depends strongly on your experience, e.g. whether you have
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already learned C++ or have experience with the Qt toolkit and so
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on.</p><p>To get into TDE programming, you will need some basic tools:
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automake,
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autoconf, and
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cmake.</p><p>An excellent resource for learning TDE
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programming is the Qt tutorials. These are installed along with Qt. To view them,
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open <code class="filename">$<code class="envar">QTDIR</code>/doc/html/index.php</code> in
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Konqueror and bookmark the locatio. The tutorials
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can be found under "Using Qt". The source code for each lesson can be found in the <code class="filename">$<code class="envar">QTDIR</code>/tutorial</code>
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directory.</p><p>There is one thing everybody interested in
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programming for TDE should do: please <em>subscribe to the developers
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mailing list</em>. To subscribe, you have to send an email to
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<a href="mailto:devels-join@trinitydesktop.org" target="_top">devels-join@trinitydesktop.org</a>
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with an empty email.
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<p class="important" ><h3 class="title">Important</h3><p>Please read<a href="/mailinglist.php" target="_top">
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http://www.trinitydesktop.org/mailinglist.php</a>. Everything
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written there applies to the development list as well.</p></p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="idm140487996808128"></a><a name="idm140487996807808"></a><b>19.5.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>How do I get access to TDE GIT?</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>The TDE project uses GIT to develop the
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core parts of the software. Usually, when you have changed one of the
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parts (e.g. fixed a bug), and you want to commit this change, the best
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way is to create a patch against a current snapshot and send this
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patch to the developer/maintainer of the respective program.</p><p>If you are doing this more or less regularly, then contact the developers
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to obtain write access to the GIT repository:
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<a href="devels@trinitydesktop.org" target="_top">
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devels@trinitydesktop.org</a>.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="idm140487996801168"></a><a name="idm140487996800848"></a><b>19.6.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Can I have read-only access to the GIT repository?</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Yes. Instructions on how to get anonymous, read-only GIT
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access are here: <a href="https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Project_GIT_Information" target="_top">
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https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Project_GIT_Information</a>
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</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="idm140487996796880"></a><a name="idm140487996796560"></a><b>19.7.</b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Are there any GIT mirror sites for TDE?</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Yes, an anonymous GIT mirror with CGIT interface is available at <a href="http://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit">http://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit</a>.
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