doc: describe Makefile targets

With the aim to simplify development cycles, started with PR #1756 a Makefile
based boilerplate was added.  This patch adds the missing developer
documentation.

Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>

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+.. _makefile:
+
+================
+Makefile Targets
+================
+
+.. sidebar:: build environment
+
+   Before looking deeper at the targets, first read about :ref:`makefile setup`
+   and :ref:`make pyenv`.
+
+With the aim to simplify development cycles, started with :pull:`1756` a
+``Makefile`` based boilerplate was added.
+
+The usage is simple, just type ``make {target-name}`` to *build* a target.
+Calling the ``help`` target gives a first overview::
+
+  $ make help
+    test      - run developer tests
+    docs      - build documentation
+    docs-live - autobuild HTML documentation while editing
+    run       - run developer instance
+    install   - developer install (./local)
+    uninstall - uninstall (./local)
+    gh-pages  - build docs & deploy on gh-pages branch
+    clean     - drop builds and environments
+    ...
+
+.. contents:: Contents
+   :depth: 2
+   :local:
+   :backlinks: entry
+
+
+.. _makefile setup:
+
+Setup
+=====
+
+.. _git stash: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-stash
+
+The main setup is done in the :origin:`Makefile`::
+
+  export GIT_URL=https://github.com/asciimoo/searx
+  export SEARX_URL=https://searx.me
+  export DOCS_URL=https://asciimoo.github.io/searx
+
+.. sidebar:: fork & upstream
+
+   Commit changes in your (local) branch, fork or whatever, but do not push them
+   upstream / `git stash`_ is your friend.
+
+:GIT_URL: Changes this, to point to your searx fork.
+
+:SEARX_URL: Changes this, to point to your searx instance.
+
+:DOCS_URL: If you host your own (branded) documentation, change this URL.
+
+.. _make pyenv:
+
+Python environment
+==================
+
+.. sidebar:: activate environment
+
+   ``source ./local/py3/bin/activate``
+
+With Makefile we do no longer need to build up the virualenv manually (as
+described in the :ref:`devquickstart` guide).  Jump into your git working tree
+and release a ``make pyenv``:
+
+.. code:: sh
+
+   $ cd ~/searx-clone
+   $ make pyenv
+   PYENV     usage: source ./local/py3/bin/activate
+   ...
+
+With target ``pyenv`` a development environment (aka virtualenv) was build up in
+``./local/py3/``.  To make a *developer install** of searx (:origin:`setup.py`)
+into this environment make target ``install``
+
+.. code:: sh
+
+   $ make install
+   PYENV     usage: source ./local/py3/bin/activate
+   PYENV     using virtualenv from ./local/py3
+   PYENV     install .
+
+You have never to think about intermediate targets like ``pyenv`` or
+``install``, the ``Makefile`` chains them as requisites.  Just run your main
+target.
+
+.. sidebar:: drop environment
+
+   To get rid of the existing environment before re-build use :ref:`clean target
+   <make clean>` first.
+
+If you think, something goes wrong with your ./local environment or you change
+the :origin:`setup.py` file (or the requirements listed in
+:origin:`requirements-dev.txt` and :origin:`requirements.txt`), you have to call
+:ref:`make clean`.
+
+
+.. _make run:
+
+``make run``
+============
+
+To get up a running a developer instance simply call ``make run``.  This enables
+*debug* option in :origin:`searx/settings.yml`, starts ``./searx/webapp.py``
+instance, disables *debug* option and opens the site (xdg-open):
+
+.. code:: sh
+
+  $ make run
+  PYENV     usage: source ./local/py3/bin/activate
+  PYENV     install .
+  ./local/py3/bin/python ./searx/webapp.py
+  ...
+  INFO:werkzeug: * Running on http://127.0.0.1:8888/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
+  ...
+
+.. _make clean:
+
+``make clean``
+==============
+
+Drop all intermediate files, all builds, but keep sources untouched.  Includes
+target ``pyclean`` which drops ./local environment.  Before calling ``make
+clean`` stop all processes using :ref:`make pyenv`.
+
+.. code:: sh
+
+   $ make clean
+   CLEAN     pyclean
+   CLEAN     clean
+
+.. _make docs:
+
+``make docs docs-live docs-clean``
+==================================
+
+We describe the usage of the ``doc*`` targets in the :ref:`How to contribute /
+Documentation <contrib docs>` section.  If you want to edit the documentation
+read our :ref:`make docs-live` section.  If you are working in your own brand,
+adjust your :ref:`Makefile setup <makefile setup>`.
+
+
+.. _make gh-pages:
+
+``make gh-pages``
+=================
+
+To deploy on github.io first adjust your :ref:`Makefile setup <makefile
+setup>`.  For any further read :ref:`deploy on github.io`.
+
+.. _make test:
+
+``make test``
+=============
+
+Runs a series of tests: ``test.pep8``, ``test.unit``, ``test.robot`` and does
+additional :ref:`pylint checks <make pylint>`.  You can run tests selective,
+e.g.:
+
+.. code:: sh
+
+  $ make test.pep8 test.unit
+  . ./local/py3/bin/activate; ./manage.sh pep8_check
+  [!] Running pep8 check
+  . ./local/py3/bin/activate; ./manage.sh unit_tests
+  [!] Running unit tests
+
+.. _make pylint:
+
+``make pylint``
+===============
+
+.. _Pylint: https://www.pylint.org/
+
+Before commiting its recommend to do some (more) linting.  Pylint_ is known as
+one of the best source-code, bug and quality checker for the Python programming
+language.  Pylint_ is not yet a quality gate within our searx project (like
+:ref:`test.pep8 <make test>` it is), but Pylint_ can help to improve code
+quality anyway.  The pylint profile we use at searx project is found in
+project's root folder :origin:`.pylintrc`.
+
+Code quality is a ongoing process.  Don't try to fix all messages from Pylint,
+run Pylint and check if your changed lines are bringing up new messages.  If so,
+fix it.  By this, code quality gets incremental better and if there comes the
+day, the linting is balanced out, we might decide to add Pylint as a quality
+gate.
+
+
+``make pybuild``
+================
+
+.. _PyPi: https://pypi.org/
+.. _twine: https://twine.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+
+Build Python packages in ``./dist/py``.
+
+.. code:: sh
+
+  $ make pybuild
+  ...
+  BUILD     pybuild
+  running sdist
+  running egg_info
+  ...
+  $ ls  ./dist/py/
+  searx-0.15.0-py3-none-any.whl  searx-0.15.0.tar.gz
+
+To upload packages to PyPi_, there is also a ``upload-pypi`` target.  It needs
+twine_ to be installed.  Since you are not the owner of :pypi:`searx` you will
+never need the latter.