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Contributing to JELOS

Welcome new contributor! Your contribution will help JELOS become a better Linux distribution, so thank you! We want to make contributing to this project as easy and transparent as possible. Contributors are able to:

  • Discuss the current state of the code
  • Submit a fix
  • Propose new features
  • Become a maintainer

Becoming a maintainer

When contributing to JELOS you are expected to become the maintainer of your contribution. Please keep this in mind when submitting pull requests.

  • Keep track of your contributions upstreams and keep your components up-to-date.
  • Watch the issue tracker and resolve issues related to your contribution.

We Develop with Github

We use Github to host code, to track issues and feature requests, as well as accept pull requests.

We Use Github Flow, So All Code Changes Happen Through Pull Requests

Pull requests are the best way to propose changes to the codebase (we use Github Flow). We actively welcome your pull requests:

  1. Join our discord and chat with us, we'll be happy to help you successfully implement your change.
  2. Fork the repo and create your branch from dev.
  3. Ensure your code is built locally and tested.
  4. Any changes should be reflected in the documentation.
  5. Issue a pull request back to our dev branch.

Any contributions you make will be under the Apache 2 Software License

In short, when you submit code changes, your submissions are understood to be contributed under the same license as the original project code or under Apache 2 license when no other license applies.

Use a Consistent Coding Style

  • Follow the same style as the source you are editing.
  • If you are contributing new code, keep the style consistent with other similar works.
  • Parameterize as much as possible, try to avoid hard coded values whenever you can.
  • Use 2 spaces for indentation rather than tabs when possible.

License

By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the license of the existing project code being modified or Apache 2.

References

This document was adapted from the open-source contribution guidelines for Facebook's Draft