you can help, guidelines on testing, and how to submit a well-formed patch
that is more likely to be accepted.
-The Busybox home page is at: http://busybox.lineo.com
+The Busybox home page is at: http://busybox.net/
For information on how to check out Busybox from CVS, please look at the
following links:
- http://oss.lineo.com/cvs_anon.html
- http://oss.lineo.com/cvs_howto.html
+ http://busybox.net/cvs_anon.html
+ http://busybox.net/cvs_howto.html
Read the Mailing List
Archives can be found here:
- http://opensource.lineo.com/lists/busybox/
+ http://busybox.net/lists/busybox/
-If you have a serious interest in Busybox, i.e. you are using it day-to-day or
+If you have a serious interest in Busybox, i.e., you are using it day-to-day or
as part of an embedded project, it would be a good idea to join the mailing
list.
A web-based sign-up form can be found here:
- http://opensource.lineo.com/mailman/listinfo/busybox
+ http://busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
Coordinate with the Applet Maintainer
behavior / output is identical between the two.
- Try several different permutations and combinations of the features you're
- adding (i.e. different combinations of command-line switches) and make sure
+ adding (i.e., different combinations of command-line switches) and make sure
they all work; make sure one feature does not interfere with another.
- Make sure you test compiling against the source both with the feature
- Your changes are broad and touch many different files
- You are adding a feature
- - Your changes are speculative or experimental (i.e. trying a new algorithm)
+ - Your changes are speculative or experimental (i.e., trying a new algorithm)
- You are not the maintainer and your changes make the maintainer cringe
The more of the above are true, the better it is to post a patch to the