Contribute:Contribute

Making a Contribution

Getting started...

• See Finding a Project for information about how to select a project, find a bug to fix, or help with Lustre testing.
• Read the Lustre Contribution Policy and sign and return a Contributor Agreement.
• Join the Lustre Development Mailing List for developers.

Developing your code...

• See Accessing Lustre Code for how to download Lustre code.
• See Building Lustre Code for how to install and build a working version of Lustre.
• See Branching Best Practices for how to use branches in the CVS version control system.
• Follow Lustre Coding Guidelines to avoid problems when merging your code.
• Use the Lustre Documenting Code guidelines to add reference documentation to your Lustre code contribution.

Testing your code...

• See Testing Lustre Code for procedures to verify that your code works before you submit it.

Submitting your code...

• See Submitting Patches to find out how to submit your changes to be reviewed for acceptance into a mainline Lustre branch.

Developer Resources

• Lustre Architecture wiki offers feature and architectural descriptions, quality attribute scenarios, and vision & scope articles about Lustre.
• Lustre design documents
  • High-Level Designs describe the overall design of Lustre features and projects.
  • Detailed-Level Designs describe the design of individual aspects of a project.
• Lustre Subsystem Map describes each of the subsystems in the Lustre code.