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| ====== Contribute ====== | |
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| [[.:translate/start|Translate]]\\ | ====== How to contribute to Xfce ====== |
| Translate the source code of Xfce. | Xfce is developed by a small group of hard-working volunteers. There are many ways in which you can contribute to Xfce, all of which are most welcome! |
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| [[documentation|Documentation]]\\ | ===== Development ===== |
| How to start writing or translate the application manuals on this website. | |
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| [[.:bugs/start|Bugs]]\\ | * **[[:contribute:dev:get-a-contributor-account|Get a contributors account]]** -- Who can request a developers account and how to do so. |
| All there is to know about properly reporting bugs in the [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org|bug tracker]]. | |
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| [[.:dev/start|Development]]\\ | * **[[:contribute:dev:git:start|GIT]]** -- How to use the GIT DCVS; a short introduction and Xfce specific things you should know.\\ |
| How to contribute code and becoming a developer. | |
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| [[https://www.bountysource.com/teams/xfce|{{https://www.bountysource.com/badge/team?team_id=849&style=raised&.jpg?}}]]\\ | * **[[:contribute:dev:make-a-release|Making release tarballs]]** -- How to make releases, upload the tarballs and notify the world about it. |
| To support the Xfce project or making it more attractive to get things done, you can back the project with bounties on bugs or leave it up to the developers to decide what to do. | |
| | ===== Translation ===== |
| | Applications, manuals, documentation and many other aspects of Xfce are all translated into different languages. Translations are handled in [[https://www.transifex.com/xfce/public|Transifex]], a web-based translation platform. Visit the [[.:translate/start|translation docs]] to get started with translating. |
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| ===== API documentation ===== | ===== Donations ===== |
| | If you wish to donate to Xfce, you can do so via [[https://www.bountysource.com/teams/xfce|Xfce’s Bountysource page]]. You can freely donate to the organization itself, or offer a reward to fix a specific bug. Every donation is greatly appreciated, but please remember, this is an open source project that is 100% run by volunteers, no one is implicitly obliged to act upon your requests. |
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| Library references can be found in the releases: [[http://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/garcon|garcon]], [[http://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/exo|exo]], [[http://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/libxfce4ui|libxfce4ui]], [[http://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/libxfce4util|libxfce4util]], [[http://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/thunar|thunar]], [[http://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/xfconf|xfconf]]. They are often also installed by distributions in ''/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/''. | {{https://www.bountysource.com/badge/team?team_id=849&style=raised&.jpg?}} |
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| Additionally, Xfce uses the GTK+/Glib family of libraries which can be found at the following: | ===== Bug Reporting and Testing ===== |
| | One of the most useful tasks that we rely on the community for is testing and reporting of bugs, you can report bugs on the [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org/|Xfce Bugzilla site]], the [[https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce-bugs|Xfce-bugs mailing list]], or you can ask on our IRC channel [[irc://irc.freenode.net/#xfce|#xfce on Freenode]] for help. Please do not use the forums to report bugs. Before submitting a bug, please try your best to check if it has already been reported. When writing your bug report, try to be as descriptive as possible, but avoid verbosity; Mozilla has a nice guide on [[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/QA/Bug_writing_guidelines|how to write a bug report]]. For more information, see [[.:bugs/start|Bug Reporting and Fixing]]. |
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| * [[https://developer.gnome.org/glib/2.30/|GLib]] | ===== Documentation ===== |
| * [[https://developer.gnome.org/gio/2.30/|GIO]] | The [[https://wiki.xfce.org/|Xfce Wiki]] and [[https://docs.xfce.org/|Documentation]] contain many helpful pages that require maintaining and updating with every new release. The wiki is freely available for anyone to edit, refer [[documentation|here]] for information on how to contribute to the documentation. |
| * [[https://developer.gnome.org/gdk2/2.24/|GDK]] | |
| * [[https://developer.gnome.org/gtk2/2.24/|GTK+]] | |
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| Tutorials for getting started with GTK+ are available at: | ===== Communication ===== |
| | There are various ways to get in touch with Xfce developers: |
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| * [[http://zetcode.com/tutorials/gtktutorial/|GTK+ Tutorial]] | * 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. |
| * [[https://developer.gnome.org/gtk-tutorial/2.24/|GTK+ 2.0 Tutorial (Official)]] | * 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]]. |
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| If you're looking at writing a panel plugin, you may want to look at the [[http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-sample-plugin/|xfce4-sample-plugin]] for an easy start. | 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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| | ===== Further Reading ===== |
| | For a more in-depth look at how to contribute to Xfce, 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. |
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| | * To request a contributor account, please [[https://docs.xfce.org/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/4.14/roadmap|the current roadmap]] to get an overview of our current progress. |
| | * A guide to using GIT can be found [[https://docs.xfce.org/contribute/dev/git/start|here]]. |
| | * For more information on making a release, see [[https://docs.xfce.org/contribute/dev/make-a-release|Making a Release]]. |
| | * Xfce API documentation can be found on the [[https://wiki.xfce.org/api_documentation|Xfce development Wiki]]. |