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Notes for util-linux-ng developers
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AUTOTOOLS:
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* "./autogen.sh" generates all necessary files (run it after checkout from
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git)
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* "make mrproper" removes all generates files. You have to call autogen.sh
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after mrproper.
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* "make distclean" is subset of mrproper. It removes all unnecessary files,
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but code is still possible recompile by "./configure; make"
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* "make dist-gzip" (or -bzip2) creates tarball which is possible use without
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autogen.sh
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PATCHES:
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* send your patches to the mailing list or to upstream maintainer
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(see the AUTHORS file)
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* diff -u
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* don't include generated (autotools) stuff to your patches
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* patches are delivered via email only. Downloading them from internet
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servers is a pain.
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* one patch per email, with the changelog in the body of the email.
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* Subject: [PATCH] subsystem: description
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* if someone else wrote the patch, they should be credited (and blamed) for it.
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To communicate this, add a line:
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From: John Doe <jdoe@wherever.com>
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* add a Signed-off-by line:
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Signed-off-by: Foo Bar <fb@wherever.com>
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* there is a lot of really useful rules. Please, read:
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The perfect patch
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http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt
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SCM (source code management):
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git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git util-linux-ng
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* maintenance (stable) branch(es)
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- created for every <major>.<minor> release, branch name: v<major>.<minor>-stable
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* master branch
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- the status of this branch is: "it works for me". It means useful
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but not well tested patches.
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- it's source for occasional snapshots
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- for long-term development or invasive changes should be an active
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development forked into a separate branch (topic branches) from the
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tip of "master".
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* A new tag object is created for:
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- every release, tag name: v<version>
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- every public snapshot, tag name: s<version>-YYYYMMDD
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