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diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/developer.html b/docs/busybox.net/developer.html index 3d1262d..cdb68b7 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/developer.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/developer.html @@ -1,64 +1,69 @@ <!--#include file="header.html" --> - -<h3>Subversion Read/Write Access</h3> - -If you want to be able to commit things to Subversion, first contribute some -stuff to show you are serious. Then, very nicely ask <a -href="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik Andersen</a> if he will set you up -with an commit access to the Subversion repository. To access Subversion, you -will want to add the following to set up your environment: - -<p> - -To obtain commit access, you will need to demonstrate you are serious by -submitting a few good patches first. Then, you will need to select a username -to use when committing changes to SVN, you will need to send me the username -you have selected, you must send me your preferred contact email address, and -finally, you must send me an ssh version 2 DSA key with 1024 bits (the default) -or more. If you do not currently have an ssh version 2 DSA key, you can -generate a key using the command<pre>ssh-keygen -t dsa</pre> This will -create the files <pre>/home/<USERNAME>/.ssh/id_dsa -/home/<USERNAME>/.ssh/id_dsa.pub</pre> You must then send the content -of 'id_dsa.pub' to me so I can setup your account. The content of 'id_dsa' -should of course be kept secret. - -<p> - -Note that if you would prefer to keep your communications with me -private, you can encrypt your email using my -<a href="http://www.codepoet.org/andersen/erik/gpg.asc">public key</a>. - -<p> - -Once you are setup with an account, you will need to use your account to -checkout a copy of BusyBox from Subversion: - -<pre> -svn list svn+ssh://username@svn.uclibc.org/svn/trunk/busybox</pre> -<br> -It goes without saying you must change <em>username</em> to your own -username... -<p> - -You can then enter the newly checked out BusyBox directory, make changes, check -your changes, diff your changes, revert your changes, and and commit your -changes usine commands such as: - -<pre> +<h3>Morris Dancing</h3> + +<p>Subversion commit access requires an account on Morris. The server +behind busybox.net and uclibc.org. If you want to be able to commit things to +Subversion, first contribute some stuff to show you are serious, can handle +some responsibility, and that your patches don't generally need a lot of +cleanup. Then, very nicely ask one of us (<a href="mailto:rob@landley.net">Rob +Landley</a> for BusyBox, or <a href="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik +Andersen</a> for uClibc) for an account.</p> + +<p>If you're approved for an account, you'll need to send an email from your +preferred contact email address with the username you'd like to use when +committing changes to SVN, and attach a public ssh key to access your account +with.</p> + +<p>If you don't currently have an ssh version 2 DSA key at least 1024 bits +long (the default), you can generate a key using the +command <b>ssh-keygen -t dsa</b> and hitting enter at the prompts. This +will create the files <b>~/.ssh/id_dsa</b> and <b>~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub</b> +You must then send the content of 'id_dsa.pub' to me so I can set up your +account. (The content of 'id_dsa' should of course be kept secret, anyone +who has that can access any account that's installed your public key in +its <b>.ssh/authorized_keys</b> file.)</p> + +<p>Note that if you would prefer to keep your communications with us +private, you can encrypt your email using +<a href="http://landley.net/pubkey.gpg">Rob's public key</a> or +<a href="http://www.codepoet.org/andersen/erik/gpg.asc">Erik's public +key</a>.</p> + +<p>Once you are setup with an account, you will need to use your account to +checkout a copy of BusyBox from Subversion:</p> + +<p><b>svn checkout svn+ssh://username@busybox.net/svn/trunk/busybox</b></p> +<p>or</p> +<p><b>svn checkout svn+ssh://username@uclibc.org/svn/trunk/uclibc</b></p> + +<p>You must change <em>username</em> to your own username, or omit +it if it's the same as your local username.</p> + +<p>You can then enter the newly checked out project directory, make changes, +check your changes, diff your changes, revert your changes, and and commit your +changes using commands such as:</p> + +<b><pre> svn diff svn status svn revert -svn commit</pre> +EDITOR=vi svn commit +svn log -v -r PREV:HEAD +svn help +</pre></b> -<p> - -For additional detail on how to use Subversion, please visit the +<p>For additional detail on how to use Subversion, please visit the <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/">the Subversion website</a>. You might also want to read online or buy a copy of <a -href="http://svnbook.red-bean.com/">the Subversion Book</a>... +href="http://svnbook.red-bean.com/">the Subversion Book</a>...</p> +<p>A morris account also gives you a personal web page +(http://busybox.net/~username comes from ~/public_html on morris), and of +course a shell prompt you can ssh into (as a regular user, root access is +reserved for Erik and Rob). But keep in mind an account on Morris is a +priviledge, not a requirement. Most contributors to busybox and uClibc +haven't got one, and accounts are handed out to make the project maintainers' +lives easier, not because "you deserve it".</p> <!--#include file="footer.html" --> - - |