[dpdk-web] update of "Contribute" page

[Trishan de Lanerolle]

Looks reasonable set of changes.
Trishan


On Wed, Aug 7, 2019, 11:04 AM Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to propose an update of this page:
>         https://www.dpdk.org/contribute/
> It is supposed to be a welcome page for contributors of any DPDK project,
> not only the core one. So we can remove some redundancy with the page
> about contributing to DPDK Core.
> One more change: we have a new code.dpdk.org service to advertise.
>
> We can keep this introduction:
> "
> DPDK is an open source project, with the main code BSD licensed and Linux
> kernel related parts are naturally licensed under the GPL. We welcome and
> encourage anyone who is interested to contribute and participate in the
> project.
> "
> The second part of the introduction requires some changes:
> "
> The collaboration is based on git and emails. Coming patches are listed in
> patchwork. Bugs are open in bugzilla. The Technical Board may intermediate
> in the development process, as described in the Technical Board operation.
> "
> The link on "git" must be changed to http://git.dpdk.org so that it
> covers all repositories.
> The link on "emails" must be to the following section listing all
> mailing-lists.
> The link on "patchwork" must cover any possible new project:
> https://patches.dpdk.org
> The sentence about the roadmap is removed because specific to Core.
> The link on "bugzilla" must cover all projects: https://bugs.dpdk.org
>
> We should add a sentence to link to the "Contribute" page of the Core
> project:
> "
> The main project has specific informations for contributors.
> Other projects have their own documentation.
> "
> with "informations for contributors" being a link to
> https://core.dpdk.org/contribute
> and "documentation" being a link to https://www.dpdk.org/hosted-projects/
>
> The next section "Get the Code" can be replaced by a list of links to
> services
> available to the contributors:
>         - Code - code.dpdk.org
>         - Repositories - git.dpdk.org
>         - Patches - patches.dpdk.org
>         - Email archives - inbox.dpdk.org
>         - Bugs - bugs.dpdk.org
>
> The section "Mailing Lists" should stay as is.
>
> The section "Ways to Contribute" is an old copy of the Core project,
> so it should be completely removed from this general page.
>
> Any comment?
>
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