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--- contribute:dev:start [2020/08/20 22:58] – kevinbowen
+++ contribute:dev:start [2024/07/24 09:41] (current) – [Introduction] alexxcons
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 ====== Xfce Development Information ======
-  * **[[#General|General]]**
+  * **[[#Introduction|Introduction]]**
-  * **[[#Communicating with the Xfce development team|Communicating with the Xfce development team]]**
+  * **[[#Communication with the Xfce development team|Communication with the Xfce development team]]**
   * **[[#Developer's Tools|Developer's Tools]]**
+  * **[[#Debugging|Debugging]]**
   * **[[#Additional Reading|Additional Reading]]**
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-===== General =====
+===== Introduction =====
-For a more in-depth look at how to contribute to Xfce, as a developer, it is recommended to read [[https://andreldm.com/2018/12/03/xfce-contributor-guide.html|The Ultimate Contributor's Guide to Xfce]] for more information.
+For new developers, it is recommended to read the [[https://andreldm.com/2018/12/03/xfce-contributor-guide.html|Ultimate Contributor's Guide to Xfce]] in order to get an impression on how to contribute to Xfce.
   * To request a contributor account, please [[:contribute:dev:get-a-contributor-account|see the docs]] for more information.
-  * Before getting involved with development, it may help to check [[https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/4.16/roadmap|the current roadmap]] to get an overview of our current progress.
+  * Before getting involved with development, it may help to check [[https://wiki.xfce.org/#developer_roadmaps_schedules|the current roadmap]] to get an overview of our current progress.
   * A guide to using Git with Xfce can be found [[:contribute:dev:git:start|here]].
   * For more information on making a release, see [[:contribute:dev:make-a-release|Making a Release]].
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-===== Communicating with the Xfce development team =====
+===== Communication with the Xfce development team =====
 There are various ways to get in touch with Xfce developers:
-   * For general questions, [[https://forum.xfce.org/|Xfce's Forum]], the [[https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce|Xfce mailing list]], and our IRC channel [[irc://irc.freenode.net/#xfce|#xfce on Freenode]]  are the places to go.
+   * For general questions, the [[https://forum.xfce.org/|Xfce's Forum]], the [[https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce|Xfce mailing list]] and our [[https://matrix.to/#/#xfce:matrix.org|Matrix channel #xfce]] are places to go.
    * For any translation stuff, join the [[https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce-i18n|Xfce-i18n mailing list]].
-   * For anything code related, go to the [[https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-dev|Xfce-dev mailing list]], or our IRC channel [[irc://irc.freenode.net/#xfce-dev|#xfce-dev on Freenode]].
+   * For anything code related, join our [[https://matrix.to/#/#xfce-dev:matrix.org|Matrix channel #xfce-dev]] or write to the [[https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-dev|Xfce-dev mailing list]].
+   * The [[https://matrix.to/#/#xfce-space:matrix.org|Xfce Matrix space]] gives an overview on all available Xfce related Matrix channels. (not yet supported by all matrix clients)
+   * The former communication channels on <nowiki>IRC</nowiki>, [[irc://irc.libera.chat/#xfce|#xfce]] and [[irc://irc.libera.chat/#xfce-dev|#xfce-dev]] on Libera can still be accessed, though they are not officially supported anymore.
 All Xfce developers have a real life and live across multiple time zones. If you don't get an answer straight away, be patient and stay online!
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 ===== Developer's Tools =====
-(The following list is excerpted from [[https://andreldm.com/2018/12/03/xfce-contributor-guide.html|The Ultimate Contributor's Guide to Xfce]])
+(The following list is extracted from [[https://andreldm.com/2018/12/03/xfce-contributor-guide.html|The Ultimate Contributor's Guide to Xfce]])
   * Use whatever text editor/IDE you are comfortable with.
   * The terminal is your friend, get used to it, then you will love it.
-  * Now that almost all components are gtk3-based, [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GTK+/Inspector|GtkInspector]] is an invaluable tool.
+  * If you want a local Docker-based build environment and build script check out the [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-dev-tools/-/blob/master/helpers/xfce-build|xfce-build script]] and the xfce/xfce-build:latest container.
-  * Offline documentation browser such as [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Devhelp|Devhelp]] and [[https://zealdocs.org/|Zeal]] are faster and more convenient than using a web browser.
+  * Now that almost all components are gtk3-based, [[https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Projects/GTK/Inspector|GtkInspector]] is an invaluable tool.
+  * Offline documentation browser such as [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Devhelp|Devhelp]] is faster and more convenient than using a web browser.
   * [[https://glade.gnome.org/|Glade]] is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG|WYSIWYG]] interface editor, many Xfce components have their UI created using this editor.
   * [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/DFeet|D-Feet]] is useful when dealing with [[https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus/|D-Bus]].
   * Tricky bugs will need advanced tools to find their cause, in this case [[https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/|gdb]] and [[http://www.valgrind.org/|valgrind]] are good companions.
   * Xorg’s utilities, for instance [[https://linux.die.net/man/1/xev|xev]] and [[https://linux.die.net/man/1/xprop|xprop]].
+  * [[https://github.com/schuellerf/xfce-test|xfce-test]] is a Docker container "based on Ubuntu with a build from git sources of all core Xfce components" used for testing and development. See the [[https://wiki.xfce.org/testing/xfce-test|Xfce-test Quick Start Guide]] for basic installation instructions.
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+===== Debugging =====
+  * [[https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/debugging|Debugging Xfce4-panel & plugins]]
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