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ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
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http://ngircd.barton.de/
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(c)2001-2011 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
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ngIRCd is free software and published under the
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terms of the GNU General Public License.
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-- Contributing.txt --
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If you want to contribute to ngIRCd, please read the following paragraphs to
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get an idea of how to do it the best :-)
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- Use GIT
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The source code of ngIRCd is maintained using GIT, see doc/GIT.txt. So if
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remotely possible, use GIT for your work, too. It makes your and our lifes
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much easier ;-)
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- Don't forget to include documentation
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When adding features and new configuration options, don't forget to not
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only code the features but to describe them in doc/sample-ngircd.conf,
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man/ngircd.8.tmp and/or man/ngircd.conf.5.tmpl as well!
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- Be present on IRC
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If you intend to code some new features or do some code cleanups or better
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documentation, please be present on <irc://irc.barton.de/#ngircd> and
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discuss your plans early! So other developers have an idea on what others
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are working on, can offer help, and can synchronize their own work.
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- Check and validate your work!
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Use "make check" to validate your work, and use "make distcheck" to
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validate the resulting archives, especially when adding/removing files!
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- Send patches in "unified diff" format
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Please send patches in "unified" format, that is, use "diff -u".
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Or even better: use GIT ("git diff"), see above.
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- Send patches to the mailing list
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If you have some code to present, send the patch(es) and/or pointers to
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your GIT repository to the official ngIRCd mailing list for review, not
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only to #ngircd: so it becomes archived and more people have a chance to
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review your patch.
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Sure it is a good idea to post some notes to #ngircd, too! :-)
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And this is open source, your work must not be 100% finished and perfect,
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work in progress is interesting, too: "release early, release often"!
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