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OpenEmbedded welcomes contributions. Before submitting a patch however there are a few things to keep in mind.
Finding the right place for your patch
OpenEmbedded is now split up into separate layers: OpenEmbedded-Core (OE-Core) which is a small set of core recipes, and other layers for recipes beyond that. For most layers, patches are sent to a mailing list for review before being merged. For further information specific to the layer you're working on, please see the README file in the layer.
New recipes in particular should be added to the appropriate layer. See the layer index for the list of public layers. If your new recipe doesn't seem to fit anywhere it can be added to the meta-oe layer in the meta-openembedded repository, although if it is likely to be followed by numbers of similar recipes then you may wish to consider creating a new layer.
A task-oriented guide to creating a patch
Let's say you have made a fix to a recipe, you've tested that it works and you'd like to submit it for merging.
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Properly configuring git (using [email protected] as an example user)
On Debian / Ubuntu (Note: Fedora uses `yum` OpenSuse uses zypper or yast)
These are important to the commit meta-data
Any Google Apps account
You can use the --envelope-sender option to have the email appear from the address you are subscribed to the list with. You will need to use the Accounts and import tab under the gmail settings tab. Use the Send mail as selection to address you want to send email from.
Subscribe to the mailing list
You need to subscribe to the appropriate mailing-list in order to be able to send your patch(es) there; for patches against OE-Core the mailing list is [email protected] and for patches against meta-oe and many other layers the list is [email protected]. See Mailing lists for subscription and further details.
Committing your patch
Commit with a concise and descriptive message - one that explains your changes in a way others get a short overview without looking at the code.
All commit messages must include Signed-off-by (-s option to commit as above). For more guidelines on messages please see Commit Patch Message Guidelines.
Note that when adding multiple new recipes, each recipe should be added in a separate commit. For upgrades of existing recipes, the previous version should usually be deleted as part of the same commit to add the upgraded version.
Sending patches
There are two possible methods for submitting patches. Either one is acceptable; for a series containing a number of patches the pull request method is preferred although not mandatory.
Sending using git-send-email
To send just the top commit on your current branch (substitute mailing list address as appropriate):
For multiple commits you can substitute -1 above with -N (where N is the number of commits) or instead specify a revision before which to start e.g. HEAD~3, master etc.
Note: in either case if you are submitting a patch for meta-oe or any layer other than OE-Core, please add the appropriate prefix so that it is clear which layer the patch is intended to be applied to:
Please substitute 'PATCH' with 'PATCH v2' if you are submitting a revised version after addressing feedback (or v3, v4 etc.)
Sending via a pull request
Alternatively, for larger patch series it is preferable to send a pull request which not only includes the patch but also a pointer to a branch that can be pulled from. This involves making a local branch for your changes, pushing this branch to an accessible repository and then using the
create-pull-request and send-pull-request scripts (supplied with OE-Core) to create and send a patch series with a link to the branch for review. Step-by-step instructions:
Backporting fixes to stable releases
When a bug is present on a stable branch of OE yet has been fixed in master one can request that the stable branch's maintainer accept the fix into the stable branch.The best way to do this is generate a patch with the backport and submit it to the [email protected] mailing list (CC'ing the maintainer may help the patch be reviewed for inclusion more quickly).
Patches for stable branches should be prefixed with the branch name (which is the same as the release series name), for example morty, pyro, etc.Once you've identified the commit hash of the patch you'd like to see accepted as a backport you can generate the patch with:
The generated patch can then be sent using the procedure described above.
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Your patch will be sent to the mailing list and for some layers should be immediately visible on http://patches.openembedded.org/
If you get feedback in reply to your patch, you should make changes according to the feedback and submit the next version. Please remember to use
--subject-prefix='PATCH v2' , v3, v4 etc. to mark the patch iteration. Please also test your revised changes - in particular don't just edit the patch file written out by git-format-patch and resend it.
If your patch has not had any feedback after a few days it may have been missed or the appropriate reviewers may not currently be around; it is perfectly fine to reply to it yourself with a 'ping' / reminder request for feedback. NOTE: patch review for feature / recipe upgrade patches will likely be delayed during a feature freeze because these types of patches aren't merged during this time - you may have to wait until after the freeze is lifted.
AppendixSteps for people which don't have SMTP access for git
Patches should not be sent as attachment but inline.
If you do not have SMTP access to your email account you have two options:
1. Use a different account (e.g. gmail). you can make one especially for this. Note that the account may differ from the one in signed-off (although that is inconvenient)
2. Just include the patch in the body of your email. Make sure you use an email client that does not touch the message (turn spaces in tabs,wrap lines etc etc).
A good mail client to do so is pine (or alpine) or mutt. For more information refer to Documentation/email-clients.txt in linux kernel sources.
Streamlining git-send-email with configuration
Don't want to have to remember to specify the right options when using git-send-email (or the pull request script)? You can actually set these in git's configuration and save yourself a lot of hassle.
See also
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