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These are the guidelines third party developers need to observe when contributing code to open source software maintained or distributed by Nokia in the Maemo platform: | These are the guidelines third party developers need to observe when contributing code to open source software maintained or distributed by Nokia in the Maemo platform: | ||
| - | == Contributions welcome! == | + | === Contributions welcome! === |
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The Maemo SW team at Nokia encourages revision and feedback of the open source components of the Maemo platform and related open source applications. | The Maemo SW team at Nokia encourages revision and feedback of the open source components of the Maemo platform and related open source applications. | ||
| - | == Sources == | + | === Sources === |
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The sources of the Maemo platform and related Nokia developed open source applications are available at git.maemo.org. (planned) | The sources of the Maemo platform and related Nokia developed open source applications are available at git.maemo.org. (planned) | ||
| - | == Releases == | + | === Releases === |
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Patches are most welcome in the ongoing alpha/beta release. Bugfixes on new stable releases are encouraged too. | Patches are most welcome in the ongoing alpha/beta release. Bugfixes on new stable releases are encouraged too. | ||
Note that it is very complex for maintainers to apply UI changes on final releases since they might originate new iterations in localization, usability and testing. | Note that it is very complex for maintainers to apply UI changes on final releases since they might originate new iterations in localization, usability and testing. | ||
| - | == Submissions == | + | === Submissions === |
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Bugfixes need to be referenced in existing or new bugs filed at https://bugs.maemo.org, including the keyword "[https://bugs.maemo.org/describekeywords.cgi#patch patch]". | Bugfixes need to be referenced in existing or new bugs filed at https://bugs.maemo.org, including the keyword "[https://bugs.maemo.org/describekeywords.cgi#patch patch]". | ||
Developers can attach patches to the bug report or can host them in their own git directory at git.maemo.org (planned). | Developers can attach patches to the bug report or can host them in their own git directory at git.maemo.org (planned). | ||
| - | == Upstream == | + | === Upstream === |
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Patches to software components developed upstream need to be submitted following the contribution guidelines of the original projects. | Patches to software components developed upstream need to be submitted following the contribution guidelines of the original projects. | ||
If the upstream component has no Maemo specific versioning, it is better to contribute the patch directly upstream. Please notify the Maemo SW maintainers through https://bugs.maemo.org, they might get your patch anyway and help you getting it committed upstream. | If the upstream component has no Maemo specific versioning, it is better to contribute the patch directly upstream. Please notify the Maemo SW maintainers through https://bugs.maemo.org, they might get your patch anyway and help you getting it committed upstream. | ||
| - | == Quality == | + | === Quality === |
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Software contributions need to take into account the Maemo [http://maemo.org/maemo_release_documentation/maemo4.1.x/node16.html quality considerations] and [http://maemo.org/maemo_release_documentation/maemo4.1.x/node16.html#SECTION001630000000000000000 coding style]. | Software contributions need to take into account the Maemo [http://maemo.org/maemo_release_documentation/maemo4.1.x/node16.html quality considerations] and [http://maemo.org/maemo_release_documentation/maemo4.1.x/node16.html#SECTION001630000000000000000 coding style]. | ||
Learn more about [[The Good Patch]]. | Learn more about [[The Good Patch]]. | ||
| - | == License == | + | === License === |
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If you want your patch to be accepted you better use the same license used by the component patched. | If you want your patch to be accepted you better use the same license used by the component patched. | ||
| - | == Copyright == | + | === Copyright === |
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Developers of significant code contributions retain their copyrights and are credited. | Developers of significant code contributions retain their copyrights and are credited. | ||
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