Contributing to Xen with GitHub

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This document discusses how GitHub can be used to contribute to the Xen open source project. It outlines that GitHub provides free hosting for open source projects and enables collaboration. It then answers common questions about how to get the Xen source code from GitHub, how to submit patches and bug reports to Xen projects on GitHub, and how to see what others are working on. It also discusses plans to move the official Xen repositories and code to GitHub.

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Contributing to Xen
with GitHub

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GitHub?
+1,000,000 users
+3,000,000 repositories
Free repo hosting for Open Source
Enabling collaboration

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GitHub?
~50 employees around the world

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New developers:
Where do I get the sources?
How do I submit patches?
How do I submit a bug report?
What are others working on?

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Answer:
GitHub!

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Advantages
Easy to:
view and retrieve code
fork and contribute
discuss patches
see the project’s timeline
EVERYTHING IS EASY!!!
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FAQ
Where do I get the sources?

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FAQ
Where do I get the sources?

http://xenbits.xensource.com/

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FAQ
How do I submit patches?

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FAQ
How do I submit a bug report?

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FAQ
What are others working on?

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Future Xen Hosting
We already have XCP
github.com/xen-org/xen-api
Ofﬁcial Xen repositories on GitHub
github.com/xen-org/xen/ ?
github.com/xen-org/xen-unstable/ ?

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