changeset 708:3ff8b997cd37

[gaim-migrate @ 718] la la la committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
date Thu, 17 Aug 2000 08:35:34 +0000
parents 668b4d544afe
children 957957d0dc2c
files HACKING
diffstat 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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 things, then what you'll find in each of the source files. Hopefully
 that's enough to get most of you going.
 
+If you're going to hack gaim, PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE send patches
+against the absolute latest CVS. I get really annoyed when I get patches
+against the last released version, especially since I don't usually have
+a copy of it on my computer, and gaim tends to change a lot between
+versions. (I sometimes get annoyed when they're against CVS from 3 days
+ago, but can't complain because it's usually my fault that I haven't
+looked at the patch yet.) To get gaim from CVS (if you haven't already),
+run the following commands:
+
+$ export CVSROOT=anonymous@cvs.gaim.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gaim
+$ cvs login
+(hit enter as the password)
+$ cvs co gaim
+(you'll see it getting all of the files)
+$ cd gaim
+$ ./gen
+
+You'll now have your normal gaim tree with ./configure and all. (If you
+want to make your life really simple, learn how CVS works. CVS is your
+friend.)
+
 There's one little thing that's just a pet peeve, and it's really stupid.
 In ./configure there's an --enable-debug option. This does two things:
 compiles with -Wall, and prints debugging information to stdout. The