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Diffstat (limited to 'HACKING')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 14 deletions
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ We use /git/ for version control. See: http://cairographics.org/download/ -TODO: -Add links to some git tutorials or better, write a few paragraphs -about how to use git to efficiently hack on cairo. +For more information on using git, see: + + http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Infrastructure/git/ Build System @@ -103,10 +103,9 @@ No manual ChangeLog writing is necessary. Copyrights and Licensing ------------------------ -The cairo library is dual-licensed under LGPL and MPL. See file named -COPYING for details. The test suites are more liberal. For example, -GPL code is allowed in the test suites, though it's always better to -keep things simple. +The cairo library is dual-licensed under LGPL and MPL. See the file +named COPYING for details. The test suites are more liberal, and are +allowed to include GPL code. When writing new code, update the file headers to add your (or your employers) copyright line and contributor line. If adding new files @@ -136,10 +135,11 @@ See test/README for more information. Performance Test Suite ---------------------- -There is a small performance-testing suite for cairo. - -The performance test suite is located under the perf/ directory. -See perf/README for more information. +There is a performance test suite located under the perf/ directory. +A collection of traces of real-world behavior are also available in the +cairo-traces repository, which can be used in isolation or hooked in +with the main performance test suite. See perf/README for more +information. Boilerplate @@ -173,9 +173,8 @@ Some of those should gradually be moved to doc/. Utilities --------- -There are a few useful utilities we have developed that are either -useful when writing code using cairo, or writing cairo, or useful in -general. These tools can be found under the util/ directory. +We have developed several utilities useful for writing cairo or code +that uses cairo. These tools can be found under the util/ directory. See util/README for more information. |