From 636beb7447d93821ec6c9e670c2e8a3d284a1d85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dieter Plaetinck Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:08:48 +0100 Subject: section about contributing --- README | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index 85a950c..9c78b35 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -99,9 +99,19 @@ core/quickinst: mostly DIY. port of /arch/quickinst dieter/automatic: unofficial. not enabled by default +** Contributing ** +Install a VM (I use virtualbox-ose, works fine), make a vm, boot the install +cd (only i686 works in vbox) and just follow the HOWTO. +It's probably easiest if you set up your own git clone that you can easily +acces from the VM (You can open a github account and for my code). +You can edit on the cd itself, but given the low resolution of the VM and the limited +choice of editors, you'll probably edit on your pc, commit, push to github +and pull from the clone on the cd. If you want to do debugging, just call the debug function and export DEBUG=1 before calling the scripts. + + Much of the code in the core module is taken (and modified) from the 'real' arch linux install scripts code. (/arch/setup and /arch/quickinst). the modifications are mostly done to make the code more (re)useable and to separate backend code, user -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf