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\subsection{How to contribute}
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OpenWrt is constantly being improved. We'd like as many people to contribute
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to this as we can get. If you find a change useful, by all means try to get
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it incorporated into the project. This should improve OpenWrt and it should
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help carry your changes forward into future versions
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This section tries to lay out a procedure to enable people to submit patches
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in a way that is most effective for all concerned.
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It is important to do all these steps repeatedly:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textit{listen} to what other people think.
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\item \textit{talk} explaining what problem you are addressing and your
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proposed solution.
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\item \textit{do} write useful patches including documentation.
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\item \textit{test. test. test.}
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\end{itemize}
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\subsection{Where to listen and talk}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item google to find things related to your problem
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\item Mailing lists: \href{http://lists.openwrt.org/}{http://lists.openwrt.org/}
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\item Wiki: check the wiki: \href{http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs}{http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs}
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\item Forum: \href{http://forum.openwrt.org/}{http://forum.openwrt.org/}
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\item IRC: \texttt{irc.freenode.net}, channels \texttt{\#openwrt} and
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\texttt{\#openwrt-devel}
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\item TRAC: \href{https://dev.openwrt.org/}{https://dev.openwrt.org/} the issue/bug/change tracking system
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\end{itemize}
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It is often best to document what you are doing before you do it. The process
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of documentation often exposes possible improvements. Keep your documentation
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up to date.
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\subsection{Patch Submission Process}
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\begin{enumerate}
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\item Use git or svn to create a patch. Creating patches manually with
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\textit{diff -urN} also works, but is usually unnecessary.
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\item Send a mail to openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org with the following contents:
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\begin{enumerate}
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\item \texttt{[PATCH] <short description>} in the Subject, followed by:
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\item (optional) a longer description of your patch in the message body
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\item \texttt{Signed-off-by: Your name <your@email.address>}
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\item Your actual patch, inline, not word wrapped or whitespace mangled.
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\end{enumerate}
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\item Please read \href{http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Email\_Clients\_and\_Patches}{http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Email\_Clients\_and\_Patches}
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to find out how to make sure your email client doesn't destroy your patch.
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\item Please use your real name and email address in the \texttt{Signed-off-by}
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line, following the same guidelines as in the \href{http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/SubmittingPatches;h=681e2b36195c98ea5271b76383b3a574b190b04f;hb=HEAD}{Linux Kernel patch submission guidelines}
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\item Example of a properly formatted patch submission: \\
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\href{http://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2007-November/001334.html}{http://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2007-November/001334.html}
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\end{enumerate}
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