1998-08-13 21:18:43 +00:00
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GTK+ is part of the GNOME CVS repository. At the current time, any
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person with write access to the GNOME repository, can make changes to
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GTK+. This is a good thing, in that it encourages many people to work
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on GTK+, and progress can be made quickly. However, GTK+ is a fairly
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large and complicated package that many other things depend on, so to
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avoid unnecessary breakage, and to take advantage of the knowledge
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about GTK+ that has been built up over the last 18 months, we'd like
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to ask people commiting to GTK+ to follow a few rules:
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0) Ask first. If your changes are major, or could possibly break existing
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code, you should always ask. If your change is minor and you've
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been working on GTK+ for a while it probably isn't necessary
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to ask. But when in doubt, ask. Even if your change is correct,
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somebody may know a better way to do things.
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If you are making changes to GTK+, you should be subscribed
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to gtk-devel-list@redhat.com. (Subscription address:
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gtk-devel-list-request@redhat.com.) This is a good place to ask
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about intended changes.
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If you just want to make a trivial change, and don't want to subscribe,
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you can also mail gtk-bugs@gtk.org. Or, alternatively, you can look in
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the ChangeLog for somebody who has been making changes to the file
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you want to change and email them.
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#gimp on byxnet (irc.gimp.org, irc2.gimp.org, irc3.gimp.org,
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irc.germany.gimp.org...)s also a good place to find GTK+ developers to
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discuss changes with, however, email to gtk-devel-list is the most
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certain and preferred method.
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1) Ask _first_.
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2) There must be a ChangeLog for every commit. (If you discover that
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you only committed half the files you meant to and need to fix that
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up, or something, you don't need a new ChangeLog entry. But in general,
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ChangeLog entries are mandatory.) Changes with out ChangeLog entries
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will be reverted.
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3) There _must_ be a ChangeLog for every commit.
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Notes:
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* If you are going to be changing many files in an experimental fashion,
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it probably is a good idea to create a separate branch for your changes.
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1998-12-09 18:13:52 +00:00
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* The ChangeLog entries should preferrably match in date format
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with the existing entries. You can set how emacs does this
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by using customize mode:
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- M-x customize
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- set Programming/Tools/ChangeLog/Add Log Time Format to
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'Old Format'
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Or, set the add-log-time-format to 'current-time-string in
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your .emacs file.
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1998-08-13 21:18:43 +00:00
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Owen Taylor
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13 Aug 1998
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