Devel intro
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Introduction for new developers
NOTE: This page is incomplete. We'll probably move it to the official docs once it's finished.
Start contributing packages
In most cases developers are package maintainers. You should contribute packages to the BTS, and we'll offer direct write access one you FrugalBuilds needs no more modifications/reviewing.
Documents to read
This is a small list of the most imprortant documents what you have to read to be able to maintain packages:
- man makepkg
- man pacman-g2
- man repoman
- man FrugalBuild
- man util.sh
- makepkg howto
What you get
Once you get a developer account, you have the right to request the following services:
- BTS access (so that we can assign tasks to you)
- darcs write access (you'll always get this, except if you are working on the artwork or so)
- voice on the #frugalware.dev channel
- a @frugalware.org mail address (with imaps/pop3s access)
What you should do
You should read the frugalware-devel mailing list. When you're asked, please try to respond.
If you push patches to darcs, you should subscribe to the frugalware-darcs mailing list. This is list has a big traffic since a new mail is sent for each patch. If you don't have time to read it, subscribe then set the "I would like to reveive no mail" option.
Also it's good if you can join the user and developer channel when you're online.