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README.developers - Sofia-SIP development practices
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Introduction
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This file is a collection of practices and rules for Sofia-SIP
development. If you have questions, or would like to make 
changes, raise the issue on sofia-sip-devel (see 
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sofia-sip-devel ).


Important files for developers
==============================

AUTHORS
	List of contributors. When contributing new code, add 
	yourself to AUTHORS, and also remember to update the
	per source file copyright statements.

COPYRIGHTS
	List of licenses and related copyright statements. While 
	majority of Sofia-SIP is licensed under LGPL, there are
	a few files with different, but LGPL compatible, licensing 
	terms.
	
README.developers 
	This file.

TODO
	Not in active use yet.

<dir>/ChangeLog files
	All non-trivial changes to the source code should
	be documented in the ChangeLog files. See also the 
	top-level ChangeLog.


Version numbering 
=================

Package version
---------------

For public releases, the package version is:
     vMAJOR.MINOR.REVISION, where MINOR is even

For development releases and snaphots the version is one of:
     vMAJOR.MINOR.REVISION, where minor is odd
     vMAJOR.MINOR.REVISION.YEAR.MONTH.DAY, where minor is odd

For all releases, the version should be changed in configure.ac 
and committed to Darcs/CVS before making the release package. The person 
doing the release is responsible for updating the version number.

Library interface versions
--------------------------

Sofia-SIP libraries utilize libtool interface versioning. See

  - http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual.html#Versioning
  - http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual.html#Using-Automake

The interface versions are set in top-level 'configure.ac' file.
Additionally, the SONAME version (CURRENT-AGE) is set in the
same place. These version numbers are available for use as autoconf 
variables (see the library 'Makefile.am' files and 
'packages/sofia-sip.spec.in').

All changes to the library versions should be marked to the
appropriate library 'ChangeLog' file. The library version should
be changed at the same time as the first interface change is 
committed since the previous release. The interface version is 
frozen (should be marked to the 'ChangeLog' file) at the time
the next release is tagged (in other words, intra-release changes
need not be tracked with libtool versions).

The goal should always be to avoid breaking the API/ABIs until
absolutely necessary. Interfaces clearly marked as private can
be changed without change to library interface version, but
otherwise all public functions, types, variables and definitions
fall under interface change control.


Version control tags
====================

Tagging releases and snapshots
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- source repository (*)
    - master Darcs tree at:
      http://sofia-sip.org/repos/sofia-sip
    - CVS tree (only used to track major releases) at:
      http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=143636
- tags: rel-sofia-sip-x_y_z
    - stable and development releases (matches release 
      version sofia-sip-x.y.z)
- tags: snapshot_rel_YEARMMDD
    - snapshot releases at
      http://sofia-sip.sourceforge.net/snapshots/

Notes (*):
    - Information about Darcs:
      http://abridgegame.org/darcs/
      http://lwn.net/Articles/110516/


Sending patches
===============

People without Darcs access
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Send your patches to sofia-sip-devel. Someone from the 
development team (see AUTHORS) will handle the patch.

People with Darcs access
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Trivial changes can be committed without review. For non-trivial 
changes, you should first send a proposal to sofia-sip-devel and
wait for comments. There are no strict approval rules so use of
common sense is recommended. ;)

Tips for making patches
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- test your patch on a clean checkout from version control system
- remember to check for updates before pushing your changes
  to the master repository


