ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server http://ngircd.barton.de/ (c)2001-2011 Alexander Barton and Contributors. ngIRCd is free software and published under the terms of the GNU General Public License. -- Contributing.txt -- If you want to contribute to ngIRCd, please read the following paragraphs to get an idea of how to do it the best :-) - Use GIT The source code of ngIRCd is maintained using GIT, see doc/GIT.txt. So if remotely possible, use GIT for your work, too. It makes your and our lifes much easier ;-) - Don't forget to include documentation When adding features and new configuration options, don't forget to not only code the features but to describe them in doc/sample-ngircd.conf, man/ngircd.8.tmp and/or man/ngircd.conf.5.tmpl as well! - Be present on IRC If you intend to code some new features or do some code cleanups or better documentation, please be present on and discuss your plans early! So other developers have an idea on what others are working on, can offer help, and can synchronize their own work. - Check and validate your work! Use "make check" to validate your work, and use "make distcheck" to validate the resulting archives, especially when adding/removing files! - Send patches in "unified diff" format Please send patches in "unified" format, that is, use "diff -u". Or even better: use GIT ("git diff"), see above. - Send patches to the mailing list If you have some code to present, send the patch(es) and/or pointers to your GIT repository to the official ngIRCd mailing list for review, not only to #ngircd: so it becomes archived and more people have a chance to review your patch. Sure it is a good idea to post some notes to #ngircd, too! :-) And this is open source, your work must not be 100% finished and perfect, work in progress is interesting, too: "release early, release often"!