1*4882a593Smuzhiyun// -*- mode:doc; -*- 2*4882a593Smuzhiyun// vim: set syntax=asciidoc: 3*4882a593Smuzhiyun 4*4882a593Smuzhiyun[[community-resources]] 5*4882a593Smuzhiyun== Community resources 6*4882a593Smuzhiyun 7*4882a593SmuzhiyunLike any open source project, Buildroot has different ways to share 8*4882a593Smuzhiyuninformation in its community and outside. 9*4882a593Smuzhiyun 10*4882a593SmuzhiyunEach of those ways may interest you if you are looking for some help, 11*4882a593Smuzhiyunwant to understand Buildroot or contribute to the project. 12*4882a593Smuzhiyun 13*4882a593SmuzhiyunMailing List:: 14*4882a593Smuzhiyun+ 15*4882a593SmuzhiyunBuildroot has a mailing list for discussion and development. It is the 16*4882a593Smuzhiyunmain method of interaction for Buildroot users and developers. 17*4882a593Smuzhiyun+ 18*4882a593SmuzhiyunOnly subscribers to the Buildroot mailing list are allowed to post to 19*4882a593Smuzhiyunthis list. You can subscribe via the 20*4882a593Smuzhiyunhttp://lists.buildroot.org/mailman/listinfo/buildroot[mailing list info 21*4882a593Smuzhiyunpage]. 22*4882a593Smuzhiyun+ 23*4882a593SmuzhiyunMails that are sent to the mailing list are also available in the 24*4882a593Smuzhiyunmailing list archives, available through 25*4882a593Smuzhiyunhttp://lists.buildroot.org/pipermail/buildroot[Mailman] or at 26*4882a593Smuzhiyunhttps://lore.kernel.org/buildroot/[lore.kernel.org]. 27*4882a593Smuzhiyun 28*4882a593SmuzhiyunIRC:: 29*4882a593Smuzhiyun+ 30*4882a593SmuzhiyunThe Buildroot IRC channel irc://irc.oftc.net/#buildroot[#buildroot] is 31*4882a593Smuzhiyunhosted on https://www.oftc.net/WebChat/[OFTC]. It is a useful place to 32*4882a593Smuzhiyunask quick questions or discuss on certain topics. 33*4882a593Smuzhiyun+ 34*4882a593SmuzhiyunWhen asking for help on IRC, share relevant logs or pieces of code 35*4882a593Smuzhiyunusing a code sharing website, such as https://paste.ack.tf/. 36*4882a593Smuzhiyun+ 37*4882a593SmuzhiyunNote that for certain questions, posting to the mailing list may be 38*4882a593Smuzhiyunbetter as it will reach more people, both developers and users. 39*4882a593Smuzhiyun 40*4882a593SmuzhiyunBug tracker:: 41*4882a593Smuzhiyun+ 42*4882a593SmuzhiyunBugs in Buildroot can be reported via the mailing list or alternatively 43*4882a593Smuzhiyunvia the https://bugs.buildroot.org/buglist.cgi?product=buildroot[Buildroot 44*4882a593Smuzhiyunbugtracker]. Please refer to xref:reporting-bugs[] before creating a bug 45*4882a593Smuzhiyunreport. 46*4882a593Smuzhiyun 47*4882a593SmuzhiyunWiki:: 48*4882a593Smuzhiyun+ 49*4882a593Smuzhiyunhttp://elinux.org/Buildroot[The Buildroot wiki page] is hosted on 50*4882a593Smuzhiyunthe http://elinux.org[eLinux] wiki. It contains some useful links, an 51*4882a593Smuzhiyunoverview of past and upcoming events, and a TODO list. 52*4882a593Smuzhiyun 53*4882a593SmuzhiyunPatchwork:: 54*4882a593Smuzhiyun+ 55*4882a593SmuzhiyunPatchwork is a web-based patch tracking system designed to facilitate 56*4882a593Smuzhiyunthe contribution and management of contributions to an open-source 57*4882a593Smuzhiyunproject. Patches that have been sent to a mailing list are \'caught' by 58*4882a593Smuzhiyunthe system, and appear on a web page. Any comments posted that 59*4882a593Smuzhiyunreference the patch are appended to the patch page too. For more 60*4882a593Smuzhiyuninformation on Patchwork see 61*4882a593Smuzhiyunhttp://jk.ozlabs.org/projects/patchwork/[]. 62*4882a593Smuzhiyun+ 63*4882a593SmuzhiyunBuildroot's Patchwork website is mainly for use by Buildroot's 64*4882a593Smuzhiyunmaintainer to ensure patches aren't missed. It is also used by Buildroot 65*4882a593Smuzhiyunpatch reviewers (see also xref:apply-patches-patchwork[]). 66*4882a593SmuzhiyunHowever, since the website exposes patches and their corresponding 67*4882a593Smuzhiyunreview comments in a clean and concise web interface, it can be useful 68*4882a593Smuzhiyunfor all Buildroot developers. 69*4882a593Smuzhiyun+ 70*4882a593SmuzhiyunThe Buildroot patch management interface is available at 71*4882a593Smuzhiyunhttp://patchwork.buildroot.org[]. 72