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Update various README files to refer to git instead of svn. Also discontinue ChangeLog files.
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GTK+ is part of the GNOME git 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 years, we'd like to ask
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people committing 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@gnome.org. (Subscription address:
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gtk-devel-list-request@gnome.org.) This is a good place to ask
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about intended changes.
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#gtk+ on GIMPNet (irc.gimp.org, irc.us.gimp.org, irc.eu.gimp.org, ...)
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is also a good place to find GTK+ developers to discuss changes with,
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however, email to gtk-devel-list is the most certain and preferred
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method.
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1) Ask _first_.
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2) With git, we no longer maintain a ChangeLog file, but you are expected
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to produce a meaningful commit message. Changes without a sufficient
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commit message will be reverted. See below for the expected format
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of commit messages.
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Notes:
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* When developing larger features or complicated bug fixes, it is
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advisable to work in a branch in your own cloned GTK+ repository.
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You may even consider making your repository publically available
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so that others can easily test and review your changes.
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* The expected format for git commit messages is as follows:
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=== begin example commit ===
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Short explanation of the commit
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Longer explanation explaining exactly what's changed, whether any
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external or private interfaces changed, what bugs were fixed (with bug
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tracker reference if applicable) and so forth. Be concise but not too brief.
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=== end example commit ===
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- Always add a brief description of the commit to the _first_ line of
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the commit and terminate by two newlines (it will work without the
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second newline, but that is not nice for the interfaces).
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- First line (the brief description) must only be one sentence and
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should start with a capital letter unless it starts with a lowercase
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symbol or identifier. Don't use a trailing period either. Don't exceed
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72 characters.
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- The main description (the body) is normal prose and should use normal
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punctuation and capital letters where appropriate. Normally, for patches
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sent to a mailing list it's copied from there.
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- When committing code on behalf of others use the --author option, e.g.
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git commit -a --author "Joe Coder <joe@coder.org>" and --signoff.
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Owen Taylor
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13 Aug 1998
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17 Apr 2001
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Matthias Clasen
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31 Mar 2009
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