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| author | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2015-05-02 15:02:35 +0200 |
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| committer | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2015-05-02 15:02:39 +0200 |
| commit | f80a2596b754db3de258013ead47a8defc8f3593 (patch) | |
| tree | fc955f54c3eb07671305a7f564ad740ccfc14683 | |
| parent | ea0a53ca2e3821f6f1382fda94bc6d6946e9643b (diff) | |
advise to patch debian packages instead of building from upstream
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diff --git a/contributing.mdwn b/contributing.mdwn index a84feca9..f224efbe 100644 --- a/contributing.mdwn +++ b/contributing.mdwn @@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ listed there, you won't be able to significantly contribute to the Hurd. You can also have a look at the [starting guide talk](https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/hurd/). +In terms of building and hacking on software, the easiest way to avoid having to +understand the whole picture from the start is install the Debian distribution, +and patch over the Debian source code. Installing from upstream source is much +more complexe since you would need to know which piece fits where. Building and +installing patched packages is much more simple. + For more reading resources, please see these web pages, for example, [[Hurd_documentation|hurd/documentation]] and [[Mach_documentation|microkernel/mach/documentation]] for links to a bunch of |