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1Please comply with the following rules when hacking on Avahi:
2
3 * Before commiting check with "git st" that all built files are ignored
4   by git. To change the list of ignored files use
5
6       $VISUAL .gitignore
7
8   This is similar to the ".cvsignore" file in CVS times.
9
10 * Don't forget to add the autoconf config.h inclusion to all C source files:
11
12   #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
13   #include <config.h>
14   #endif
15
16   This needs to be placed in in .c files only. NOT IN HEADER FILES!
17
18 * Don't hardcode any paths in source files. Either use the -D option of gcc
19   for C sources or use "sed" to replace them based on a .in file.
20
21 * Never forget that Avahi should be buildable without DBUS, GTK or python!
22
23 * Before commiting, test your code! In case of C consider running it
24   a few times through valgrind, to make sure that you got everything
25   right.  You have to call libtool explicitly when running valgrind
26   on binaries that depend on shared objects. e.g:
27
28       libtool --mode=execute valgrind ./avahi-daemon
29
30   Please note that valgrind can't find you all bugs. Please check
31   your code thrice with your brain before committing. Valgrind is
32   only a final check.
33
34 * Whenever you add a new Makefile.am, C (.c or .h) source file, shell or
35   python script please add this legal blurb to its header:
36
37   For Makefile.am, python and shell code:
38
39<snip>
40# This file is part of avahi.
41#
42# avahi is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
43# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
44# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
45# License, or (at your option) any later version.
46#
47# avahi is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
48# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
49# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
50# License for more details.
51#
52# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
53# License along with avahi; if not, write to the Free Software
54# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
55# USA.
56</snip>
57
58   For C source code:
59
60<snip>
61/***
62  This file is part of avahi.
63
64  avahi is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
65  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
66  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
67  License, or (at your option) any later version.
68
69  avahi is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
70  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
71  or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General
72  Public License for more details.
73
74  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
75  License along with avahi; if not, write to the Free Software
76  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
77  USA.
78***/
79</snip>
80