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Here's a cron-job reminder script... ...that we're going to be using here at ekit. Might be useful for other people. Could use some work making it more general and easier to customise.
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2 Developing Roundup
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3 ==================
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.2 $
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7 Note: the intended audience of this document is the developers of the core
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8 Roundup code. If you just wish to alter some behaviour of your Roundup
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9 installation, see `customising roundup`_.
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11 .. contents::
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13 Getting Started
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14 ---------------
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16 Anyone wishing to help in the development of Roundup must read `Roundup's
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17 Design Document`_ and the `implementation notes`_.
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19 All development is coordinated through two resources:
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21 - roundup-dev mailing list at
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22 http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/roundup-devel
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23 - Sourceforge's issue trackers at
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24 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=31577
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26 Small Changes
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27 -------------
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29 Most small changes can be submitted through the Feature tracker, with patches
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30 attached that give context diffs of the affected source.
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33 CVS Access
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34 ----------
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36 To get CVS access, contact richard@users.sourceforge.net.
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38 Developers with CVS access should follow these simple guidelines:
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40 - subscribe to roundup-checkins to receive checkin notifications from the
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41 other developers with CVS access
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42 - discuss any changes with the other developers on roundup-dev. If nothing
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43 else, this makes sure there's no rude shocks
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44 - run pychecker over changed code
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45 - write unit tests for changes you make (where possible), and ensure that
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46 all unit tests run before committing changes
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48 The administrators of the project reserve the right to boot developers who
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49 consistently check in code which is either broken or takes the codebase in
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50 directions that have not been agreed to.
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55 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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57 .. _`Table of Contents`: index.html
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58 .. _`Customising Roundup`: customizing.html
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59 .. _`Roundup's Design Document`: spec.html
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