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author | Christian Poessinger <christian@poessinger.com> | 2019-12-07 18:37:26 +0100 |
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committer | Christian Poessinger <christian@poessinger.com> | 2019-12-07 18:37:26 +0100 |
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development: adjust headlines to new level syntax
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diff --git a/docs/contributing/development.rst b/docs/contributing/development.rst index f1461480..8558284a 100644 --- a/docs/contributing/development.rst +++ b/docs/contributing/development.rst @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ .. _development: +########### Development -=========== +########### All VyOS source code is hosted on GitHub under the VyOS organization which can be found here: https://github.com/vyos @@ -20,8 +21,8 @@ https://github.com/vyos/vyos-build The README.md file will guide you to use the this top level repository. -Submit a patch --------------- +Submit a Patch +============== Patches are always more then welcome. To have a clean and easy to maintain repository we have some guidelines when working with Git. A clean repository @@ -32,8 +33,8 @@ file(s) history by invoking ``git log path/to/file.txt``. .. _prepare_commit: -Preparing patch/commit -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Prepare patch/commit +-------------------- In a big system, such as VyOS, that is comprised of multiple components, it's impossible to keep track of all the changes and bugs/feature requests in one's @@ -107,8 +108,8 @@ Limits: Please submit your patches using the well-known GitHub pull-request against our repositories found in the VyOS GitHub organisation at https://github.com/vyos -Determining package for a fix -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Determinine source package +-------------------------- Suppose you want to make a change in the webproxy script but yet you do not know which of the many VyOS packages ship this file. You can determine the VyOS @@ -124,8 +125,8 @@ This means the file in question (``/opt/vyatta/sbin/vyatta-update-webproxy.pl``) is located in the ``vyatta-webproxy`` package which can be found here: https://github.com/vyos/vyatta-webproxy -Fork repository to submit a Patch -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Fork Repository and submit Patch +-------------------------------- Forking the repository and submitting a GitHub pull-request is the preferred way of submitting your changes to VyOS. You can fork any VyOS repository to your @@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ record them in your created Git commit: * Submit the patch ``git push`` and create the GitHub pull-request. Attach patch to Phabricator task -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +-------------------------------- Follow the above steps on how to "Fork repository to submit a Patch". Instead of uploading "pushing" your changes to GitHub you can export the patches/ @@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ commits and send it to maintainers@vyos.net or attach it directly to the bug commits into its appropriate patch files: ``git format-patch -2`` Coding Guidelines ------------------ +================= Like any other project we have some small guidelines about our source code, too. The rules we have are not there to punish you - the rules are in place to help @@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ Python 3 **shall** be used. How long can we keep Python 2 alive anyway? No considerations for Python 2 compatibility **should** be taken at any time. Formatting -^^^^^^^^^^ +---------- * Python: Tabs **shall not** be used. Every indentation level should be 4 spaces * XML: Tabs **shall not** be used. Every indentation level should be 2 spaces @@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ Formatting 2>/dev/null`` now you can call the linter using ``gg=G`` in command mode. Text generation -############### +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Template processor **should** be used for generating config files. Built-in string formatting **may** be used for simple line-oriented formats where every @@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ used for structured, multi-line formats such as those used by ISC DHCPd. The default template processor for VyOS code is Jinja2_. Summary -####### +------- When modifying the source code, remember these rules of the legacy elimination campaign: @@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ campaign: * No code incompatible with Python3 Python ------- +====== The switch to the Python programming language for new code is not merely a change of the language, but a chance to rethink and improve the programming @@ -239,8 +240,8 @@ Please use the following template as good starting point when developing new modules or even rewrite a whole bunch of code in the new style XML/Pyhon interface. -Configuration script structure and behaviour -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Configuration Script Structure and Behaviour +-------------------------------------------- Your configuration script or operation mode script which is also written in Python3 should have a line break on 80 characters. This seems to be a bit odd @@ -360,8 +361,8 @@ For easy orientation we suggest you take a look on the ``ntp.py`` or ``interfaces-bonding.py`` (for tag nodes) implementation. Both files can be found in the vyos-1x_ repository. -XML - CLI ---------- +XML (used for CLI definitions) +============================== The bash (or better vbash) completion in VyOS is defined in *templates*. Templates are text files (called ``node.def``) stored in a directory tree. The @@ -384,7 +385,6 @@ there is no other format now that would allow this. Besides, a specialized XML editor can alleviate the issue with verbosity. Example: -^^^^^^^^ .. code-block:: xml @@ -467,17 +467,17 @@ logic for generating config files for target applications, restarting services and so on is implemented in configuration scripts instead. Guidelines -^^^^^^^^^^ +---------- Use of numbers -############## +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Use of numbers in command names **should** be avoided unless a number is a part of a protocol name or similar. Thus, ``protocols ospfv3`` is perfectly fine, but something like ``server-1`` is questionable at best. Help String -########### +^^^^^^^^^^^ To ensure uniform look and feel, and improve readability, we should follow a set of guidelines consistently. @@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ Examples: * Bad: "Disables IPv6 forwarding" Migrating old CLI -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +----------------- .. list-table:: :widths: 25 25 50 @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ Migrating old CLI - All logic should be in the scripts Continous Integration ---------------------- +===================== VyOS makes use of Jenkins_ as our Continous Integration (CI) service. Our CI server is publicly accessible here: https://ci.vyos.net. You can get a brief |