Contributing to Direct-BT {#contributing}

Direct-BT is an opensource project and we are actively looking for people to help with:

• Contributions to functionality, extensions of API
• Use and test the library, provide bug reports where appropriate
• Help spread the word about this library to people who might need it
• Other ideas are always welcome

The recommended method to contribute is to fork on an openly available git service, and then send pull requests to the main project.

You can create new issues in our Bugzilla DB, please contact us for a new bugzilla account via email to Sven Gothel [email protected].

If you'd rather not use an openly available git server, you are more than welcome to send git formatted patches to Sven Gothel [email protected] or Xerxes Ranby [email protected].

Basic rules

• Your code must build
• Commits must have a sign-off line by at least yourself
• Commits must be named <file/module>: Some decent description
• Try not to break master. In any commit.
• Try to split commits up logically, you will be asked to rebase them if they are not.
• Try to stick to the established coding style regardless of your personal feeling for it!

Code signing

The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right to pass it on as an open-source patch. The rules are pretty simple: if you can certify the below:

    Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1

    By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:

    (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
        have the right to submit it under the open source license
        indicated in the file; or

    (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
        of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
        license and I have the right under that license to submit that
        work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
        by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
        permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
        in the file; or

    (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
        person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
        it.

    (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
        are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
        personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
        maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
        this project or the open source license(s) involved.

then you just add a line saying

Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <[email protected]>

Using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)