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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/khelpcenter/faq/contrib.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/khelpcenter/faq/contrib.docbook deleted file mode 100644 index 8bff6911cd5..00000000000 --- a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/khelpcenter/faq/contrib.docbook +++ /dev/null @@ -1,249 +0,0 @@ -<!-- -<?xml version="1.0" ?> -<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" - "dtd/kdex.dtd"> ---> - - -<chapter id="contribute"> -<title ->Contributing</title> - -<qandaset> -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para ->How can I contribute to &kde;?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para ->&kde; is a free software project that lives from voluntary contributions. Everybody is encouraged to contribute to &kde;. Not only programmers are welcome. There are many ways in which you can help to improve &kde;:</para> -<itemizedlist> -<listitem -><para ->Test the software.</para -></listitem> -<listitem -><para ->Send in bug reports. For more information on this, see <link linkend="bug-report" ->How do I submit a bug report?</link ->.</para -></listitem> -<listitem -><para ->Write documentation or help files. You can get some information by visiting the <ulink url="http://i18n.kde.org/doc/" ->&kde; Editorial Team Home Page</ulink ->.</para -></listitem> -<listitem -><para ->Translate programs, documentation, and help files. For more information on this, you should visit <ulink url="http://i18n.kde.org" ->The &kde; Translators' and Documenters' Web Site</ulink ->.</para -></listitem> -<listitem -><para ->Draw nice icons or compose sound effects. You can visit the <ulink url="http://artist.kde.org/" ->&kde; artists page</ulink -> to find out more.</para -></listitem> -<listitem -><para ->Write articles and books about &kde;. If you want to help spread the word about &kde;, simply send an email to <email ->kde-pr@kde.org</email ->. This will get you in touch with the &kde; public relations volunteers.</para -></listitem> -<listitem -><para ->Program new &kde; applications. Please refer to <xref linkend="programming"/> for more information.</para -></listitem> -<listitem -><para ->Of course, sponsors are also welcome. :-)</para -></listitem> -</itemizedlist> -<para ->There are several places to look for more information if you want to get involved in the development. The first step is to subscribe to some of the <ulink url="http://www.kde.org/mailinglists/" ->mailing lists</ulink ->. You will soon see something that can be improved or added.</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question id="bug-report"> -<para ->How do I submit a bug report?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para ->There is a bug tracking system available at <ulink url="http://bugs.kde.org" ->http://bugs.kde.org</ulink ->. The system features a wizard to submit new bug reports and a list of all known bugs.</para> -<para ->The easiest way to submit a bug is to select <menuchoice -><guimenu ->Help</guimenu -><guimenuitem ->Report Bug...</guimenuitem -></menuchoice -> from the menu bar of the application with the bug. This will open a small dialogue box with a link to the bug tracking system. Please make sure to follow the instructions of the bug reporting wizard.</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question id="programming"> -<para ->I want to program for &kde;. What should I do first?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para ->Everybody is encouraged to develop software for &kde;. What you should do first depends strongly on your experience, ⪚ whether you have already learned C++ or have experience with the &Qt; toolkit and so on.</para> -<para ->To get into &kde; programming, you will need some basic tools: <application ->automake</application ->, <application ->autoconf</application ->, and <application ->egcs</application ->. You should look to <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/" ->http://developer.kde.org/</ulink -> for more tips.</para> -<para ->Another excellent resource for learning &kde; programming is the &Qt; online tutorials. These are installed along with &Qt;. To view them, open <filename ->$<envar ->QTDIR</envar ->/doc/html/index.html</filename -> in &konqueror; and bookmark it. The tutorials can be found under "Using Qt". The source code for each lesson can be found in the <filename class="directory" ->$<envar ->QTDIR</envar ->/tutorial</filename -> directory.</para> -<para ->There is, however, one thing that everybody interested in programming for &kde; should do: <emphasis ->subscribe to the developers mailing list</emphasis ->. To subscribe, you have to send an email to <ulink url="mailto:kde-devel-request@kde.org" ->kde-devel-request@kde.org</ulink -> with the subject <userinput ->subscribe <replaceable ->your_email_address</replaceable -></userinput ->. <important -><para ->Please read <link linkend="subscribe" ->How to subscribe/unsubscribe to these lists</link -> carefully. Everything said there applies to the development list as well.</para -></important -></para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para ->How do I get access to the <acronym ->CVS</acronym ->?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para ->The &kde; project uses <acronym ->CVS</acronym -> to develop the core parts of the software. Usually, when you have changed one of the parts (⪚ fixed a bug), and you want to commit this change, the best way is to create a patch against a current snapshot and send this patch to the developer/maintainer of the respective program.</para> -<para ->If you are doing this more or less regularly, you can ask Stephan Kulow, <email ->coolo@kde.org</email -> for direct access to the <acronym ->CVS</acronym -> server. But be aware that more users will slow down <acronym ->CVS</acronym -> access for all developers, so we want to keep the number of people with direct <acronym ->CVS</acronym -> access reasonably small. But feel free to ask!</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para ->I am just curious. Can I have read-only access to the <acronym ->CVS</acronym ->?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para ->Yes. It is possible to get read-only access to the <acronym ->CVS</acronym -> repository with <application ->cvsup</application -> or <application ->cvs</application -> utility. You can find more information about how to set up <application ->cvsup</application -> for the &kde; repository from <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/source/cvsup.html" ->How to use <application ->cvsup</application -> to get &kde;</ulink ->.</para> -<para ->In addition, anonymous <acronym ->CVS</acronym -> service is also available. To find out more about how to set up and use anonymous <acronym ->CVS</acronym ->, please see <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/source/anoncvs.html" ->here</ulink ->.</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para ->Are there any <application ->cvs</application -> mirror sites for &kde;?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para ->Yes. The main &kde; server is normally very busy. Please take a look at <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/source/cvsupmirrors.html" ->http://developer.kde.org/source/cvsupmirrors.html</ulink -> and <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/source/anoncvs.html" ->http://developer.kde.org/source/anoncvs.html</ulink -> for the list of available mirrors.</para -> -<para ->Once you have selected a new <application ->cvsup</application -> server, simply replace <screen -> -*default host=cvs.kde.org -</screen -> with <screen -> -*default host=cvsup.your.new.host -</screen -> in your <application ->cvsup</application -> script.</para> -<para ->The instructions to change the anoncvs server can be found on <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/source/anoncvs.html" ->http://developer.kde.org/source/anoncvs.html</ulink ->, too. </para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para ->How do I go about translating &kde; programs into my native language?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para ->Look at the <ulink url="http://i18n.kde.org" ->The &kde; Translators' and Documenters' Web Site</ulink -> to see whether your program is already translated (most are). Otherwise you will find information there on how to do it yourself.</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> -</qandaset> -</chapter> - - |