The Developer's Sandbox

Occasionally referred to as a poster-child of the open-source development model, the HylaFAX™ developer community is always looking for new recruits. Don't be scared, you're welcome to lurk until you feel comfortable! If you're looking to become involved on any level, you should definitely subscribe to to the hylafax developers mailing list.

Please note.

The HylaFAX™ developers list is a subscriber-only list. You must subscribe first before posting.

Reporting Bugs

Faithful to our open-source bias, HylaFAX™ bugs are tracked using Bugzilla, a product of the Mozilla Project. Please do your best to make sure you've really found a bug, and then file it on the HylaFAX™ Bugzilla, located at:

http://bugs.hylafax.org/

To confirm a bug one should first check the mailing list archives for other reports of this issue (and possible resolution) and then post to the developers mailing list (described above).

Security-related bugs should be reported to security@hylafax.org in order to avoid exploitation of the problem before it can be publicly resolved.

CVS

HylaFAX™ development is controlled by CVS. Read-access is open to all, although write access is not. Unless you're doing a large amount of coding, it is suggested that you post proposed patches and explanations of them on the hylafax-devel mailing list.

HylaFAX™ is currently being maintained on a public CVS server. An up to date copy of the hylafax source tree can be easily obtained by accessing the server as follows:

Browsing:

The latest source code changes can be viewed at anytime from the following url:
http://www.hylafax.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi
Downloading:

To do this you need to:
1. Grab a recent copy of the cvs software(client software is sufficient). The latest version can be obtained from the cyclic website:
  http://www.cyclic.com/
2. Set the CVSROOT environment variable to
  
  :pserver:cvs@cvs.hylafax.org:/cvsroot
3. Run the command:
  
  cvs login
  Enter the password string which is simply "cvs"
4. To checkout the distribution, run the command:
  
  cvs co hylafax
5. Whenever you want to merge with the latest code changes:
  cvs update -d -P

Commands:

Some cvs commands that may be of use:

login login to the cvs server

get/checkout downloads a local copy of the requested module

update bring your wrking directory up to datec with the repository

add adds a new file to the repositroy, requires write access

commit apply local changes to the repositroy, requires write access

diff shows differences between local files and repository

history shows reports on commands against the cvs repository

log shows cvs log information

rdiff used to prepare a diff file between releases

status shows current status if files in repository and local copies

tag applies a tag to the repository, requires write access

login	login to the cvs server
get/checkout	downloads a local copy of the requested module
update	bring your wrking directory up to datec with the repository
add	adds a new file to the repositroy, requires write access
commit	apply local changes to the repositroy, requires write access
diff	shows differences between local files and repository
history	shows reports on commands against the cvs repository
log	shows cvs log information
rdiff	used to prepare a diff file between releases
status	shows current status if files in repository and local copies
tag	applies a tag to the repository, requires write access