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HACKING: Add extra development requirements

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[sunil: Reword the extra requirements to explain when they are needed]
Signed-off-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org>
Reviewed-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org>
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FreedomBox is built as part of Debian GNU/Linux. However, you don't need to
install Debian to do development for FreedomBox. FreedomBox development is
typically done on a container or a Virtual Machine.
typically done with a container or a Virtual Machine.
* For running a container, you need systemd containers, Git, Python and a
* For running a container, you need systemd containers, Git, Python3 and a
sudo-enabled user. This approach is recommended.
* For running a VM, you can work on any operating system that can install latest
versions of Git, Vagrant and VirtualBox.
In addition:
- To run code quality checks you need flake8 and yapf. These may be installed
inside the container with Python3 and pip but installing them on host leads to
smoother development experience.
- To update translation strings on the host machine, you need Django and gettext
to be installed on host machine. These can be installed with Python3 and pip.
- You need Mumble voice chat software to participate in bi-weekly live
development discussions.
## Using Containers
The `./container` script shipped with FreedomBox source code can manage the
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## Application Icons
When adding a new App into FreedomBox, an icon is needed to represent the app in
the application view and for shortcuts in the front page. The following the
the application view and for shortcuts in the front page. Follow these
guidelines for creating an app icon:
- Use SVG format.