docs: move the "contributing" section to overview.txt
author"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
Sat Oct 10 12:55:17 2009 +0200 (2009-10-10)
changeset 1575eb92c99b17cd
parent 1574 07684767f873
child 1576 906b7509835e
docs: move the "contributing" section to overview.txt
README
docs/overview.txt
     1.1 --- a/README	Sat Oct 10 11:24:31 2009 +0200
     1.2 +++ b/README	Sat Oct 10 12:55:17 2009 +0200
     1.3 @@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
     1.4  ________________/
     1.5  
     1.6    - GETTING STARTED
     1.7 -  - CONTRIBUTING
     1.8 -    - Sending a bug report
     1.9 -    - Sending patches
    1.10    - CREDITS
    1.11    - KNOWN ISSUES
    1.12  
    1.13 @@ -18,77 +15,21 @@
    1.14    ./configure --help
    1.15  
    1.16  You can find a (terse and WIP) documentation in docs/overview.txt.
    1.17 +Here's a summary of what you'll find in there:
    1.18 +  Introduction
    1.19 +  History
    1.20 +  Installing crosstool-NG
    1.21 +  Configuring crosstool-NG
    1.22 +  Running crosstool-NG
    1.23 +  Using the toolchain
    1.24 +  Toolchain types
    1.25 +  Contributing
    1.26 +  Internals
    1.27  
    1.28 -You can also point your browser to
    1.29 +You can also point your browser at:
    1.30    http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/projects/crosstool
    1.31  
    1.32  
    1.33 -CONTRIBUTING /
    1.34 -____________/
    1.35 -
    1.36 -Sending a bug report
    1.37 ---------------------
    1.38 -
    1.39 -If you need to send a bug report, please send a mail with subject
    1.40 -prefixed with "[CT_NG]" with to following destinations:
    1.41 -    TO: yann.morin.1998 (at) anciens.enib.fr
    1.42 -    CC: crossgcc (at) sourceware.org
    1.43 -
    1.44 -Sending patches
    1.45 ----------------
    1.46 -
    1.47 -If you want to enhance crosstool-NG, there's a to-do list in the TODO file.
    1.48 -
    1.49 -Patches should come with the appropriate SoB line. A SoB line is typically
    1.50 -something like:
    1.51 -   Signed-off-by: John DOE <john.doe@somewhere.net>
    1.52 -
    1.53 -The SoB line is clearly described in Documentation/SubmittingPatches , section
    1.54 -12, of your favourite Linux kernel source tree.
    1.55 -
    1.56 -Then you'll need to correctly configure Mercurial. There are two extensions
    1.57 -that you may find usefull:
    1.58 -  - mq        : http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/MqExtension
    1.59 -  - patchbomb : http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/PatchbombExtension
    1.60 -
    1.61 -Commit messages should look like (without leading pipes):
    1.62 - |component: short, one-line description
    1.63 - |
    1.64 - |optional longer description
    1.65 - |on multiple lines if needed
    1.66 -
    1.67 -Here is an example commit message (see revision a53a5e1d61db):
    1.68 - |comp-libs/cloog: fix building
    1.69 - |
    1.70 - |For CLooG/PPL 0.15.3, the directory name was simply cloog-ppl.
    1.71 - |For any later versions, the directory name does have the version, such as
    1.72 - |cloog-ppl-0.15.4.
    1.73 -
    1.74 -Here's a typical hacking session:
    1.75 -  hg clone http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/hg/crosstool-ng crosstool-ng
    1.76 -  cd crosstool-ng
    1.77 -  hg qinit
    1.78 -  hg qnew -D -U -e my_first_patch
    1.79 -  *edit patch description*
    1.80 -  *hack* *hack* *check* *fails* *hack* *hack* *check* *works*
    1.81 -  hg qref -D -e
    1.82 -  *edit patch description, serving as commit message*
    1.83 -  hg qnew -D -U -e my_second_patch
    1.84 -  *edit patch description*
    1.85 -  *hack* *hack* *check* *fails* *hack* *hack* *check* *works*
    1.86 -  hg qref -D -e
    1.87 -  *edit patch description, serving as commit message*
    1.88 -  hg email --outgoing --intro   \
    1.89 -           --from '"Your Full NAME" <your.email (at) your.domain>'   \
    1.90 -           --to '"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 (at) anciens.enib.fr>'    \
    1.91 -           --cc 'crossgcc (at) sourceware.org'
    1.92 -  *edit introductory message*
    1.93 -  *wait for feedback*
    1.94 -  *re-send if no answer for a few days*
    1.95 -
    1.96 -Note: replace' (at) ' above with a plain '@'.
    1.97 -
    1.98 -
    1.99  CREDITS /
   1.100  _______/
   1.101  
     2.1 --- a/docs/overview.txt	Sat Oct 10 11:24:31 2009 +0200
     2.2 +++ b/docs/overview.txt	Sat Oct 10 12:55:17 2009 +0200
     2.3 @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
     2.4    The 'populate' script
     2.5  Toolchain types
     2.6    Seemingly-native toolchains
     2.7 +Contributing
     2.8 +  Sending a bug report
     2.9 +  Sending patches
    2.10  Internals
    2.11    Makefile front-end
    2.12    Kconfig parser
    2.13 @@ -157,8 +160,7 @@
    2.14  See below for complete usage.
    2.15  
    2.16  Now, provided you used a clone of the repository, you can send me your changes.
    2.17 -See the file README, at the top of crosstool-NG source, for how to submit
    2.18 -changees.
    2.19 +See the section titled CONTRIBUTING, below, for how to submit changees.
    2.20  
    2.21  Preparing for packaging |
    2.22  ------------------------+
    2.23 @@ -597,6 +599,74 @@
    2.24  only with glibc (and eglibc?) starting with version 2.7.
    2.25  
    2.26  
    2.27 +________________
    2.28 +               /
    2.29 +Contributing  /
    2.30 +_____________/
    2.31 +
    2.32 +Sending a bug report |
    2.33 +---------------------+
    2.34 +
    2.35 +If you need to send a bug report, please send a mail with subject
    2.36 +prefixed with "[CT_NG]" with to following destinations:
    2.37 +    TO: yann.morin.1998 (at) anciens.enib.fr
    2.38 +    CC: crossgcc (at) sourceware.org
    2.39 +
    2.40 +Sending patches |
    2.41 +----------------+
    2.42 +
    2.43 +If you want to enhance crosstool-NG, there's a to-do list in the TODO file.
    2.44 +
    2.45 +Patches should come with the appropriate SoB line. A SoB line is typically
    2.46 +something like:
    2.47 +   Signed-off-by: John DOE <john.doe@somewhere.net>
    2.48 +
    2.49 +The SoB line is clearly described in Documentation/SubmittingPatches , section
    2.50 +12, of your favourite Linux kernel source tree.
    2.51 +
    2.52 +Then you'll need to correctly configure Mercurial. There are two extensions
    2.53 +that you may find usefull:
    2.54 +  - mq        : http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/MqExtension
    2.55 +  - patchbomb : http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/PatchbombExtension
    2.56 +
    2.57 +Commit messages should look like (without leading pipes):
    2.58 + |component: short, one-line description
    2.59 + |
    2.60 + |optional longer description
    2.61 + |on multiple lines if needed
    2.62 +
    2.63 +Here is an example commit message (see revision a53a5e1d61db):
    2.64 + |comp-libs/cloog: fix building
    2.65 + |
    2.66 + |For CLooG/PPL 0.15.3, the directory name was simply cloog-ppl.
    2.67 + |For any later versions, the directory name does have the version, such as
    2.68 + |cloog-ppl-0.15.4.
    2.69 +
    2.70 +Here's a typical hacking session:
    2.71 +  hg clone http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/hg/crosstool-ng crosstool-ng
    2.72 +  cd crosstool-ng
    2.73 +  hg qinit
    2.74 +  hg qnew -D -U -e my_first_patch
    2.75 +  *edit patch description*
    2.76 +  *hack* *hack* *check* *fails* *hack* *hack* *check* *works*
    2.77 +  hg qref -D -e
    2.78 +  *edit patch description, serving as commit message*
    2.79 +  hg qnew -D -U -e my_second_patch
    2.80 +  *edit patch description*
    2.81 +  *hack* *hack* *check* *fails* *hack* *hack* *check* *works*
    2.82 +  hg qref -D -e
    2.83 +  *edit patch description, serving as commit message*
    2.84 +  hg email --outgoing --intro   \
    2.85 +           --from '"Your Full NAME" <your.email (at) your.domain>'   \
    2.86 +           --to '"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 (at) anciens.enib.fr>'    \
    2.87 +           --cc 'crossgcc (at) sourceware.org'
    2.88 +  *edit introductory message*
    2.89 +  *wait for feedback*
    2.90 +  *re-send if no answer for a few days*
    2.91 +
    2.92 +Note: replace '(at)' above with a plain '@'.
    2.93 +
    2.94 +
    2.95  _____________
    2.96              /
    2.97  Internals  /