Mercurial > pidgin
changeset 708:3ff8b997cd37
[gaim-migrate @ 718]
la la la
committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
| author | Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org> |
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| 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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--- a/HACKING Thu Aug 17 08:06:23 2000 +0000 +++ b/HACKING Thu Aug 17 08:35:34 2000 +0000 @@ -5,6 +5,27 @@ 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