Copyright © 2000 by Eric S. Raymond
| Revision History |
|---|
| Revision 3.4 | 2002-01-04 | Revised by: esr |
| More about good patching practice. |
| Revision 3.3 | 2001-08-16 | Revised by: esr |
| New section about how to send good patches. |
| Revision 3.2 | 2001-07-11 | Revised by: esr |
| Note about not relying on proprietary components. |
| Revision 3.1 | 2001-02-22 | Revised by: esr |
| LDP Styleguide fixes. |
| Revision 3.0 | 2000-08-12 | Revised by: esr |
| First DocBook version. Advice on SourceForge and a major section
on documentation practice added. |
This HOWTO describes good release practices for Linux and other
open-source projects. By following these practices, you will make it
as easy as possible for users to build your code and use it, and for
other developers to understand your code and cooperate with you to
improve it.
This document is a must-read for novice developers. Experienced
developers should review it when they are about to release a new
project. It will be revised periodically to reflect the evolution of
good-practice standards.
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