diff options
| author | md_5 <git@md-5.net> | 2014-12-18 11:00:52 +1100 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | md_5 <git@md-5.net> | 2014-12-18 11:00:52 +1100 |
| commit | 6a2f313af1e63172e52d91094d29f0a9a40d987a (patch) | |
| tree | dbc1b1a0a8a022c26ee41e8c60d4875869388657 | |
| parent | c638ba4499ee77afab31fa82ea569a2253e41c79 (diff) | |
| download | bukkit-6a2f313af1e63172e52d91094d29f0a9a40d987a.tar bukkit-6a2f313af1e63172e52d91094d29f0a9a40d987a.tar.gz bukkit-6a2f313af1e63172e52d91094d29f0a9a40d987a.tar.lz bukkit-6a2f313af1e63172e52d91094d29f0a9a40d987a.tar.xz bukkit-6a2f313af1e63172e52d91094d29f0a9a40d987a.zip | |
Add initial README rewrite.
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 27 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@ Bukkit ====== +A plugin API for [Minecraft](https://minecraft.net/) servers, currently maintained by [SpigotMC](http://www.spigotmc.org/). -A Minecraft Server API. - -Website: [http://bukkit.org](http://bukkit.org) -Bugs/Suggestions: [http://leaky.bukkit.org](http://leaky.bukkit.org) -Contributing Guidelines: [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/Bukkit/Bukkit/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) +Bug Reporting +------------- +The development team is very open to both bug and feature requests / suggestions. You can submit these on the [JIRA Issue Tracker](http://hub.spigotmc.org/jira/). Compilation ----------- +Bukkit is a Java program which uses [Maven 3](http://maven.apache.org/) for compilation. To compile fresh from Git, simply perform the following steps: +* Install Maven and Git using your preferred installation methods. +* `git clone https://hub.spigotmc.org/stash/scm/spigot/bukkit.git`. +* `mvn clean install`. + +Some IDEs such as [NetBeans](https://netbeans.org/) can perform these steps for you. Any Maven capable Java IDE can be used to develop with Bukkit, however the current team's personal preference is to use NetBeans. -We use maven to handle our dependencies. - -* Install [Maven 3](http://maven.apache.org/download.html) -* Check out this repo and: `mvn clean install` +Contributing +------------ +Contributions of all sorts are welcome. To manage community contributions, we use the pull request functionality of Stash. In to gain access to Stash and create a pull request, you will first need to perform the following steps: +* Create an account on [JIRA](http://hub.spigotmc.org/jira/). +* Fill in the [SpigotMC CLA](http://www.spigotmc.org/go/cla) and wait up to 24 hours for your Stash account to be activated. Please ensure that your username and email addresses match. +* Log into Stash using your JIRA credentials. + +Once you have performed these steps you can create a fork, push your code changes, and then submit it for review. |