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+Please comply with the following rules when hacking on Avahi:
+
+ * When you add a new textual file to the repository please enable SVN
+ keyword expansion for it:
+
+ svn ps svn:keywords Id foo.c
+
+ * Before commiting check with "svn st" that all built files are ignored
+ by svn. To change the list of ignored files use
+
+ svn pe svn:ignore .
+
+ This is similar to the ".cvsignore" file in CVS times.
+
+ * Don't forget to add the autoconf config.h inclusion to all C source files:
+
+ #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+ #include <config.h>
+ #endif
+
+ This needs to be placed in in .c files only. NOT IN HEADER FILES!
+
+ * Don't hardcode any paths in source files. Either use the -D option of gcc
+ for C sources or use "sed" to replace them based on a .in file.
+
+ * Never forget that Avahi should be buildable without DBUS, GTK or python!
+
+ * When you code in C, please compile with the following gcc options from time
+ to time:
+
+ -Wextra
+ -Wfloat-equal
+ -Wmissing-declarations
+ -Wmissing-prototypes
+ -Wstrict-prototypes
+ -Wredundant-decls
+ -Wold-style-definition
+ -Wmissing-noreturn
+ -Wdeclaration-after-statement
+ -Wshadow
+ -Wendif-labels
+ -Wlarger-than-4000
+ -Wpointer-arith
+ -Wbad-function-cast
+ -Wcast-qual
+ -Wcast-align
+ -Wwrite-strings
+ -Winline
+
+ This will show you a bunch of issues which might be problems in your source
+ code. Not all options are available on all GCC versions. Just pass these
+ options in $CFLAGS when running bootstrap.sh:
+
+ CFLAGS="-Wextra ..." ./bootstrap.sh
+
+ * Whenever you add a new Makefile.am, C (.c or .h) source file, shell or
+ python script please add this legal blurb to its header:
+
+ For Makefile.am and python code:
+
+<snip>
+# $Id$
+
+# This file is part of avahi.
+#
+# avahi is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# avahi is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
+# License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with avahi; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
+# USA.
+</snip>
+
+ For C source code:
+
+<snip>
+/* $Id$ */
+
+/***
+ This file is part of avahi.
+
+ avahi is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ avahi is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General
+ Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with avahi; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
+ USA.
+***/
+</snip>
+
+