ContributingHow can I contribute to &tde;?&tde; is a free/libre software project that lives from voluntary
contributions. Everybody is encouraged to contribute to &tde;. Not
only programmers are welcome. There are many ways in which you can
help to improve &tde;:Test the software.Send in bug reports. For more information,
refer to How do I submit a bug
report?.Write or edit documentation and help files.Translate programs, documentation, and help files.
Draw icons, wallpaper, or compose sound effects.Write articles and books about &tde;. If you want to
help spread the word about &tde;, send an email to
trinity-devel@lists.pearsoncomputing.net. This will get you in touch
with the &tde; developers and packagers.Program new &tde; applications. Please refer to for more information. Of course, sponsors are also
welcome. :-)There are several places to look for more information if you
want to get involved in the development. The first step is to
subscribe to some of the mailing
lists. You will soon see something
that can be improved or added.How do I submit a bug report?There is a bug tracking system available at http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/
and thanks for helping! The system features several query types and a
list of all known bugs.The easiest way to submit a bug is to select
HelpReport
Bug/Request Enhancement... from the menu bar of the application
with the bug. This will open a dialog box with a link
to the bug tracking system. Please follow the
instructions of the bug reporting wizard.May I join the development team?Please! Join our discussion list at
http://www.trinitydesktop.org/mailinglist.php. Join
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) sessions at chat.freenode.net, channel: #trinity-desktopI want to program for &tde;. What should I do first?Everybody is encouraged to develop software for &tde;. What you
should do first depends strongly on your experience, ⪚ whether you have
already learned C++ or have experience with the &Qt; toolkit and so
on.To get into &tde; programming, you will need some basic tools:
automake,
autoconf, and
cmake.An excellent resource for learning &tde;
programming is the &Qt; tutorials. These are installed along with &Qt;. To view them,
open $QTDIR/doc/html/index.html in
&konqueror; and bookmark the locatio. The tutorials
can be found under "Using Qt". The source code for each lesson can be found in the $QTDIR/tutorial
directory.There is one thing everybody interested in
programming for &tde; should do: please subscribe to the developers
mailing list. To subscribe, you have to send an email to
trinity-devel-subscribe@lists.pearsoncomputing.net
with an empty email.
Please read
http://www.trinitydesktop.org/mailinglist.php. Everything
written there applies to the development list as well.How do I get access to &tde; GIT?The &tde; project uses GIT to develop the
core parts of the software. Usually, when you have changed one of the
parts (⪚ fixed a bug), and you want to commit this change, the best
way is to create a patch against a current snapshot and send this
patch to the developer/maintainer of the respective program.If you are doing this more or less regularly, then contact the developers
to obtain write access to the GIT repository:
trinity-devel@lists.pearsoncomputing.net.Can I have read-only access to the GIT repository?Yes. Instructions on how to get anonymous, read-only GIT
access are here:
http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Developers/GITAre there any GIT mirror sites for &tde;?No, currently there are no anonymous GIT mirror sites for &tde;.