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commit 39a5a4f9ebf77ed31a5abf9ff2ca6ea391c52a2c
Author: David Levine <address@hidden>
Date:   Sat Dec 24 19:36:32 2011 -0600

    Replaced cvs with git references.  I'm not sure about the cgit
    URL at the very end.  Also removed mention of source directories
    that were deprecated and removed long ago.

diff --git a/docs/README.developers b/docs/README.developers
index f026c74..4381a2a 100644
--- a/docs/README.developers
+++ b/docs/README.developers
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ stamp-h.in, and configure), are NOT kept in git.  Thus, when 
you check out
 a git tree, you need to run the autogen.sh script before you can build
 anything:
 
-       % ./autogen.sh
+        % ./autogen.sh
+
 
 -------------------
 directory structure
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ directory structure
 Following is a list of nmh's directories along with a brief description of the
 purpose of each one.  Meanings are given for the abbreviations, but note that
 these meanings are just informed guesses as to what the MH developers were
-thinking. 
+thinking.
 
 ./
     The top-level directory.  Contains files like README and INSTALL.
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ config/
     Contains utility files for the `configure' process.  Ordinarily nothing in
     here needs to be messed with.
 
-doc/
+docs/
     Contains more specialized documentation, such as this file and
     the FAQ.
 
@@ -67,14 +68,6 @@ mts/
     "mts" stands for "Message Transfer Service".  Source files specific to the
     different MTSs go in the subdirectories.
 
-mts/mmdf/ (deprecated)
-    "mmdf" stands for "Multichannel Memorandum Distribution Facility".  It is 
an
-    alternative to sendmail used primarily on SCO UNIX.
-
-mts/sendmail/ (deprecated: handled by mts.conf)
-    When nmh is configured --with-mts=sendmail, the files in this directory are
-    used. 
-
 mts/smtp/
     When nmh is configured to just talk to an SMTP server over TCP/IP, the
     source in this directory is compiled.
@@ -83,7 +76,10 @@ sbr/
     "sbr" stands for "subroutine(s)".  For the most part, each source file in
     this directory contains a single function with the same name as the source
     file.  These functions are of general use and are called from throughout
-    nmh.  
+    nmh.
+
+test/
+    The num unit test suite.
 
 uip/
     "uip" stands for "User Interface Programs".  Most nmh commands have a file
@@ -92,32 +88,6 @@ uip/
     <command>sbr.c which contains additional subroutines called from 
<command>.c
     (which would contain not much else besides main()).
 
-zotnet/ (deprecated)
-    Files in this hierarchy were either written by or moved here by UCI
-    (University of California, Irvine) after they took over MH from the Rand
-    Corporation.  "Zot!" is the sound effect made by the anteater in the "B.C."
-    comic strip when its tongue lashes out at ants.  The anteater is UCI's
-    official mascot.  Not sure whether UCInet was once called ZotNet...
-
-zotnet/bboards/ (deprecated)
-    UCI added Bulletin Board functionality to MH with the `bbc' command.  This
-    functionality has been removed from nmh but apparently files in this
-    directory are still needed for other purposes.
-
-zotnet/mf/ (deprecated, now in sbr/)
-    "mf" stands for "Mail Filter".  The filtering in this case apparently 
refers
-    to translation between different address and mailbox formats.
-
-zotnet/mts/ (deprecated, now in sbr/)
-    MTS code not specific to any single MTS apparently goes here.
-
-zotnet/tws/ (deprecated, now in sbr/)
-    "tws" apparently stands for "time with structure", a rather odd phrase.
-    This directory used to be the place for date and time manipulation code, 
but
-    currently nothing in here is compiled.  There are new, more portable
-    versions of the key files in h/ and sbr/, and this directory will soon go
-    away completely.
-
 
 ---
 git
@@ -130,6 +100,11 @@ the nmh repository:
 
     % git clone git://git.savannah.nongnu.org/nmh.git
 
+That will create a workspace call nmh.  To update that workspace
+with changes to the master, cd to it and run:
+
+    % git pull
+
 
 -------------------------------------------------------
 nmh-local functions to use in preference to OS versions
@@ -139,7 +114,7 @@ For some system functions whose availability or behavior 
varies from OS to OS,
 nmh conditionally uses a local definition with the same name as the OS function
 (e.g. snprintf()).  For other functions, developers need to avoid the OS
 versions and always use the nmh-supplied function.  Here is a list of such
-functions: 
+functions:
 
 OS function  nmh-local version to use instead
 ===========  ================================
@@ -158,20 +133,18 @@ is to use something like "1.0.4-RC1"):
     % date +"%e %B %Y" > DATE
     (DATE should contain something like "30 December 2000")
 
- 2. Put a comment like "Released nmh-1.0.4." in the ChangeLog.
+ 2. % git commit VERSION DATE; git push
 
- 3. % cvs commit ChangeLog VERSION DATE
+ 3. % git tag -a nmh-1_0_4 -m 'Releasing nmh-1_0_4.'
 
- 4. % cvs tag nmh-1_0_4
-    (cvs treats dots specially, so underscores are substituted here.)
+ 4. % make nmhdist
 
- 5. % make nmhdist
+ 5. Untar nmh-1.0.4.tar.gz and `diff -r' it vs. your workspace.  Make
+    sure no files got left out of the distribution that should be in
+    it (due to someone forgetting to update the DIST variables in the
+    Makefiles).
 
- 6. Untar nmh-1.0.4.tar.gz and `diff -r' it vs. your CVS tree.  Make sure no
-    files got left out of the distribution that should be in it (due to someone
-    forgetting to update the DIST variables in the Makefiles).
-
- 7. If you have root access on your machine, it's good at this point to do:
+ 6. If you have root access on your machine, it's good at this point to do:
 
     % chown -R 0:0 nmh-1.0.4
     % tar cvf nmh-1.0.4.tar nmh-1.0.4
@@ -182,26 +155,23 @@ is to use something like "1.0.4-RC1"):
     making it possible for that user to Trojan the nmh code before the system
     administrator finishes installing it.
 
- 8. Make sure your new tarball uncompresses and untars with no problem.  Make
+ 7. Make sure your new tarball uncompresses and untars with no problem.  Make
     sure you can configure, make, and install nmh from it.
 
- 9. If all is well and your tarball is final, go back to your CVS tree and do:
+ 8. If all is well and your tarball is final, go back to your workspace and do:
 
     % echo 1.0.4+dev > VERSION
 
-10. Put a comment like "Upped the version number to 1.0.4+dev until the next 
nmh
-    release." in the ChangeLog.
-
-11. % cvs commit ChangeLog VERSION
+ 9. % git commit VERSION; git push
 
-12. If possible, make an MD5 hash and/or a PGP signature of nmh-1.0.4.tar.gz.
+10. If possible, make an MD5 hash and/or a PGP signature of nmh-1.0.4.tar.gz.
     Assuming you have gpg set up, this should be:
     % gpg --output nmh-1.0.4.tar.gz.sig --detach-sig nmh-1.0.4.tar.gz
 
     You can verify the signature with
     % gpg --verify nmh-1.0.4.tar.gz.sig nmh-1.0.4.tar.gz
 
-13. Upload the files to savannah. First make sure they are mode 664 so
+11. Upload the files to savannah. First make sure they are mode 664 so
     they will have the right permissions on the server end
     (see https://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/SharedDownloadArea)
     % chmod 664 nmh-1.0.4.tar.gz*
@@ -209,13 +179,13 @@ is to use something like "1.0.4-RC1"):
     Then scp them across:
     % scp -p nmh-1.0.4.tar.gz* address@hidden:/releases/nmh/
 
-14. Update the http://www.nongnu.org/nmh/ homepage. (It lives in the 'webpages
-    repository'; see https://savannah.nongnu.org/cvs/?group=nmh)
+12. Update the http://www.nongnu.org/nmh/ homepage. (It lives in the CVS
+    'webpages repository'; see https://savannah.nongnu.org/cvs/?group=nmh)
 
-15. Add a news item to the savannah nmh page. You'll have to submit it first
+13. Add a news item to the savannah nmh page. You'll have to submit it first
     and then separately approve it (under News->Manage).
 
-16. Send the release announcement email to the following places:
+14. Send the release announcement email to the following places:
      address@hidden
      address@hidden
      address@hidden
@@ -232,9 +202,9 @@ is to use something like "1.0.4-RC1"):
     Preferably, the announcement should contain the MD5 hash generated above,
     and should be PGP-signed.  It should include the URL for the tarball as
     well as the URL of the website.  It should contain a brief summary of
-    visible changes, as well as the URL of the cvsweb diff page that would show
-    a detailed list of changes.  The changes between 1.2 and 1.3 would be
-    shown by:
-
-        
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/nmh/ChangeLog?root=nmh&r1=1.215&r2=1.254.2.13
+    visible changes, as well as the URL of the git diff page that would show
+    a detailed list of changes.  The changes between 1.5 and 1.4 would be
+    shown by [this is just a guess, I don't know anything about cgit, and
+    it assumes that we tag with nmh-x_x-release from now on]:
 
+        
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/nmh.git/diff/?h=nmh-1_5-release?h=nmh-1_4-release

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 docs/README.developers |  102 +++++++++++++++++-------------------------------
 1 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)


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