ref-manual: Edits to the "Contributing" chapter.

Some small, general edits.  Added a few links to some terms.
Did a little re-wording in various places.

(From yocto-docs rev: 621c5094789921874461c6618b54e50e00a2d141)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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A number of places exist to find help if you run into difficulties or find bugs.
To find out how to download source code,
see the "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#local-yp-release'>Yocto Project Release</ulink>"
list item in the Yocto Project Development Manual.
section in the Yocto Project Development Manual.
</para>
</section>
@ -29,10 +29,11 @@
<title>Mailing lists</title>
<para>
There are a number of mailing lists maintained by the Yocto Project as well as
related OpenEmbedded mailing lists for discussion, patch submission and announcements.
To subscribe to one of the following mailing lists, click on the appropriate URL
in the following list and follow the instructions:
A number of mailing lists maintained by the Yocto Project exist
as well as related OpenEmbedded mailing lists for discussion,
patch submission and announcements.
To subscribe to one of the following mailing lists, click on the
appropriate URL in the following list and follow the instructions:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/yocto'></ulink> -
General Yocto Project discussion mailing list. </para></listitem>
@ -41,9 +42,13 @@
<listitem><para><ulink url='&OE_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/openembedded-devel'></ulink> -
Discussion mailing list about OpenEmbedded.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url='&OE_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/bitbake-devel'></ulink> -
Discussion mailing list about the BitBake build tool.</para></listitem>
Discussion mailing list about the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#bitbake-term'>BitBake</ulink>
build tool.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/poky'></ulink> -
Discussion mailing list about Poky.</para></listitem>
Discussion mailing list about
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#poky'>Poky</ulink>.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/yocto-announce'></ulink> -
Mailing list to receive official Yocto Project release and milestone
announcements.</para></listitem>
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<title>Links</title>
<para>
Following is a list of resources you will find helpful:
Here is a list of resources you will find helpful:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;'>The Yocto Project website</ulink>:
</emphasis> The home site for the Yocto Project.</para></listitem>
<!-- <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='&OH_HOME_URL;'>OpenedHand</ulink>:</emphasis>
The company where the Yocto Project build system Poky was first developed.
OpenedHand has since been acquired by Intel Corporation.</para></listitem> -->
<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://www.intel.com/'>Intel Corporation</ulink>:</emphasis>
The company who acquired OpenedHand in 2008 and began development on the
Yocto Project.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='&OE_HOME_URL;'>OpenEmbedded</ulink>:</emphasis>
The upstream, generic, embedded distribution used as the basis for the build system in the
Yocto Project.
Poky derives from and contributes back to the OpenEmbedded project.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://developer.berlios.de/projects/bitbake/'>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;'>The Yocto Project website</ulink>:
</emphasis> The home site for the Yocto
Project.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='http://www.intel.com/'>Intel Corporation</ulink>:</emphasis>
The company who acquired OpenedHand in 2008 and began
development on the Yocto Project.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='&OE_HOME_URL;'>OpenEmbedded</ulink>:</emphasis>
The upstream, generic, embedded distribution used as the basis
for the build system in the Yocto Project.
Poky derives from and contributes back to the OpenEmbedded
project.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='http://developer.berlios.de/projects/bitbake/'>
BitBake</ulink>:</emphasis> The tool used to process metadata.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>BitBake User Manual:</emphasis>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
BitBake User Manual:</emphasis>
A comprehensive guide to the BitBake tool.
You can find the BitBake User Manual in the <filename>bitbake/doc/manual</filename>
directory, which is found in the
You can find the BitBake User Manual in the
<filename>bitbake/doc/manual</filename> directory, which is
found in the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='http://wiki.qemu.org/Index.html'>QEMU</ulink>:
</emphasis> An open source machine emulator and virtualizer.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='http://wiki.qemu.org/Index.html'>QEMU</ulink>:
</emphasis> An open source machine emulator and virtualizer.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>