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- Written by and Copyright (C) 2001 the SourceForge
- Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
+ See LICENSE.
+
+ ========================================================================
+ NOTE: Please read developer-manual/documentation.html before touching
+ anything in this, or other Privoxy documentation. You have been warned!
+ Failure to abide by this rule will result in the revocation of your license
+ to live a peaceful existence!
+ ========================================================================
- Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written
- by and Copyright (C) 1997 Anonymous Coders and
- Junkbusters Corporation. http://www.junkbusters.com
-->
<article id="index">
<artheader>
<title>Privoxy Developer Manual</title>
+ <pubdate>
+ <subscript>
+ <!-- Completely the wrong markup, but very little is allowed -->
+ <!-- in this part of an article. FIXME -->
+ <link linkend="copyright">Copyright</link> &my-copy; 2001-2009 by
+ <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy Developers</ulink>
+ </subscript>
+ </pubdate>
- <pubdate>$Id: developer-manual.sgml,v 1.15 2002/03/30 22:29:47 swa Exp $</pubdate>
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <affiliation>
- <orgname>By: Privoxy Developers</orgname>
- </affiliation>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
+ <pubdate>$Id: developer-manual.sgml,v 2.29 2009/06/12 14:30:58 fabiankeil Exp $</pubdate>
- <abstract>
- <para>
- The developer manual gives the users information on how to help the developer
- team. It provides guidance on coding, testing, documentation and other
- issues.
+<!--
+
+Note: this should generate a separate page, and a live link to it.
+But it doesn't for some mysterious reason. Please leave commented
+unless it can be fixed proper. For the time being, the copyright
+statement will be in copyright.smgl.
+
+Hal.
+
+<legalnotice id="legalnotice">
+ <para>
+ text goes here ........
</para>
+</legalnotice>
-<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> is a web proxy with advanced filtering
- capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing
- cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
- obnoxious Internet junk. <application>Privoxy</application> has a very
- flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
- tastes. <application>Privoxy</application> has application for both
- stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
-</para>
+-->
+ <abstract>
+
+<![%dummy;[
+ <para>
+ <comment>
+ This is here to keep vim syntax file from breaking :/
+ If I knew enough to fix it, I would.
+ PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE! HB: hal@foobox.net
+ </comment>
+ </para>
+ ]]>
<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> is based on the code of the
- <application>Internet Junkbuster</application>.
- <application>Junkbuster</application> was originally written by JunkBusters
- Corporation, and was released as free open-source software under the GNU GPL.
- Stefan Waldherr made many improvements, and started the SourceForge project
- to continue development. Other developers have since joined Stefan.
+ The developer manual provides guidance on coding, testing, packaging, documentation
+ and other issues of importance to those involved with
+ <application>Privoxy</application> development. It is mandatory (and helpful!) reading
+ for anyone who wants to join the team. Note that it's currently out of date
+ and may not be entirely correct. As always, patches are welcome.
</para>
+<!-- Include privoxy.sgml boilerplate text: -->
+
+<!-- &p-intro; Someone interested enough in the project to contribute
+ will already know at this point what Privoxy is. -->
+
+<!-- end boilerplate -->
+
<para>
- You can find the latest version of the user manual at <ulink
+ Please note that this document is constantly evolving. This copy represents
+ the state at the release of version &p-version;.
+ You can find the latest version of the this manual at <ulink
url="http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/">http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/</ulink>.
- Please see the Contact section in the user-manual if you want to contact the
- developers.
+ Please see <link linkend="contact">the Contact section</link>
+ on how to contact the developers.
</para>
-
<!-- <para> -->
<!-- Feel free to send a note to the developers at <email>ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net</email>. -->
<!-- </para> -->
</abstract>
</artheader>
- <!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+
+<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<sect1 id="introduction"><title>Introduction</title>
<!--
-->
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application>, as an heir to
- <application>Junkbuster</application>, is an Open Source project
- and licensed under the GPL. As such, <application>Privoxy</application>
- development is potentially open to anyone who has the time, knowledge,
- and desire to contribute in any capacity. Our goals are simply to
- continue the mission, to improve <application>Privoxy</application>, and
+ <application>Junkbuster</application>, is a Free Software project
+ and the code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2.
+ As such, <application>Privoxy</application> development is potentially open
+ to anyone who has the time, knowledge, and desire to contribute
+ in any capacity. Our goals are simply to continue the mission,
+ to improve <application>Privoxy</application>, and
to make it available to as wide an audience as possible.
</para>
<para>
One does not have to be a programmer to contribute. Packaging, testing,
- and porting, are all important jobs as well.
+ documenting and porting, are all important jobs as well.
</para>
- </sect1>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
- <sect1 id="quickstart"><title>Quickstart to Privoxy Development</title>
+ <sect2 id="quickstart"><title>Quickstart to Privoxy Development</title>
+ <para>
+ The first step is to join the <ulink
+ url="mailto:ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net">developer's mailing list</ulink>.
+ You can submit your ideas, or even better patches. Patches are best
+ submitted to the Sourceforge tracker set up for this purpose, but
+ can be sent to the list for review too.
+ </para>
<para>
-You'll need an account on Sourceforge to support our development. Mail your ID
-to the list and wait until a project manager has added you.
-
-For the time beeing (read, this section is under construction), please note the
-following guidelines for changing stuff in the code. If it is
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem><para>
- A bugfix / clean-up / cosmetic thing: shoot
- </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>
- A new feature that can be turned off: shoot
- </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>
- A clear improvement w/o side effects on other parts of the code: shoot
- </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>
- A matter of taste: ask the list
- </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>
- A major redesign of some part of the code: ask the list
- </para></listitem>
- </orderedlist>
-</para>
- </sect1>
-
+ You will also need to have a cvs package installed, which will
+ entail having ssh installed as well (which seems to be a requirement of
+ SourceForge), in order to access the cvs repository. Having the GNU build
+ tools is also going to be important (particularly, autoconf and gmake).
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For the time being (read, this section is under construction), you can
+ also refer to the extensive comments in the source code. In fact,
+ reading the code is recommended in any case.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
- <sect1 id="documentation"><title>Documentation Guidelines</title>
+ <sect1 id="cvs"><title>The CVS Repository</title>
<para>
- All formal documents are maintained in docbook SGML and located
- in the <computeroutput>doc/source</computeroutput> directory. You will
- need <ulink url="http://www.docbook.org">docbook</ulink> and the
- docbook stylesheets (or comparable alternatives), and either
- <application>jade</application> or <application>openjade</application>
- installed in order to build docs from source. Currently there is
- <ulink
- url="../user-manual/index.html"><citetitle>user-manual</citetitle></ulink>,
- <ulink
- url="../faq/index.html"><citetitle>FAQ</citetitle></ulink>,
- and, of course this, the <citetitle>developer-manual</citetitle> in
- this format.
- </para>
- <para>
- Packagers are encouraged to include this documentation. For those
- without the ability to build the docs locally, text versions of
- each are kept in CVS. Or HTML versions can be downloaded from the <ulink
- url="http://www.privoxy.org">www.privoxy.org</ulink> website, which
- should be fairly current.
- </para>
+ If you become part of the active development team, you will eventually
+ need write access to our holy grail, the CVS repository. One of the
+ team members will need to set this up for you. Please read
+ this chapter completely before accessing via CVS.
+ </para>
+
+ <sect2 id="cvsaccess"><title>Access to CVS</title>
+ <para>
+ The project's CVS repository is hosted on
+ <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/">SourceForge.</ulink>
+ Please refer to the chapters 6 and 7 in
+ <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/docman/?group_id=1">SF's site
+ documentation</ulink> for the technical access details for your
+ operating system. For historical reasons, the CVS server is
+ called <literal>ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net</literal>, the repository is
+ called <literal>ijbswa</literal>, and the source tree module is called
+ <literal>current</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="cvsbranches">
+ <title>Branches</title>
+ <para>
+ Within the CVS repository, there are modules and branches. As
+ mentioned, the sources are in the <literal>current</literal>
+ <quote>module</quote>. Other modules are present for platform specific
+ issues. There is a webview of the CVS hierarchy at <ulink
+ url="http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/ijbswa/">http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/ijbswa/</ulink>,
+ which might help with visualizing how these pieces fit together.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Branches are used to fork a sub-development path from the main trunk.
+ Within the <literal>current</literal> module where the sources are, there
+ is always at least one <quote>branch</quote> from the main trunk
+ devoted to a stable release series. The main trunk is where active
+ development takes place for the next stable series (e.g. 3.2.x).
+ So just prior to each stable series (e.g. 3.0.x), a branch is created
+ just for stable series releases (e.g. 3.0.0 -> 3.0.1 -> 3.0.2, etc).
+ Once the initial stable release of any stable branch has taken place,
+ this branch is <emphasis>only used for bugfixes</emphasis>, which have
+ had prior testing before being committed to CVS. (See <link
+ linkend="versionnumbers">Version Numbers</link> below for details on
+ versioning.)
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ At one time there were two distinct branches: stable and unstable. The
+ more drastic changes were to be in the unstable branch. These branches
+ have now been merged to minimize time and effort of maintaining two
+ branches.
+ </para>
+ <!--
+ <para>
+ This will result in at least two active branches, which means there may
+ be occasions that require the same (or similar) item to be
+ checked into to two different places (assuming its a bugfix and needs
+ fixing in both the stable and unstable trees). This also means that in
+ order to have access to both trees, both will have to be checked out
+ separately. Use the <literal>cvs -r</literal> flag to check out a
+ branch, e.g: <literal>cvs co -r v_3_0_branch current</literal>.
+ </para>
+ -->
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="cvscommit"><title>CVS Commit Guidelines</title>
+ <para>
+ The source tree is the heart of every software project. Every effort must
+ be made to ensure that it is readable, compilable and consistent at all
+ times. There are differing guidelines for the stable branch and the
+ main development trunk, and we ask anyone with CVS access to strictly
+ adhere to the following guidelines:
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Basic Guidelines, for all branches:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Please don't commit even
+ a small change without testing it thoroughly first. When we're
+ close to a public release, ask a fellow developer to review your
+ changes.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Your commit message should give a concise overview of <emphasis>what you
+ changed</emphasis> (no big details) and <emphasis>why you changed it</emphasis>
+ Just check previous messages for good examples.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Don't use the same message on multiple files, unless it equally applies to
+ all those files.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ If your changes span multiple files, and the code won't recompile unless
+ all changes are committed (e.g. when changing the signature of a function),
+ then commit all files one after another, without long delays in between.
+ If necessary, prepare the commit messages in advance.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Before changing things on CVS, make sure that your changes are in line
+ with the team's general consensus on what should be done.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Note that near a major public release, we get more cautious.
+ There is always the possibility to submit a patch to the <ulink
+ url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=311118&group_id=11118&func=browse">patch
+ tracker</ulink> instead.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+
+<!--
+ <para>
+ Stable branches are handled with more care, especially after the
+ initial *.*.0 release, and we are just in bugfix mode. In addition to
+ the above, the below applies only to the stable branch (currently the
+ <literal>v_3_0_branch</literal> branch):
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Do not commit <emphasis>anything</emphasis> unless your proposed
+ changes have been well tested first, preferably by other members of the
+ project, or have prior approval of the project leaders or consensus
+ of the devel list.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>
- Documents are built with the Makefile targets of
- <computeroutput>make dok</computeroutput>, or alternately
- <computeroutput>make redhat-dok</computeroutput>. If you
- have problems, try both. The build process uses the document
- SGML sources in <computeroutput>doc/source</computeroutput> to
- update all text files in <computeroutput>doc/text</computeroutput>
- and to update all HTML documents in
- <computeroutput>doc/webserver</computeroutput>.
+ Where possible, bugfixes and changes should be tested in the main
+ development trunk first. There may be occasions where this is not
+ feasible, though.
</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>
- Documentation writers should please make sure documents build
- successfully before committing to CVS.
+ Alternately, proposed changes can be submitted as patches to the patch tracker on
+ Sourceforge first: <ulink
+ url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=311118">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=311118</ulink>.
+ Then ask for peer review.
</para>
- <para>
- How do you update the webserver (i.e. the pages on privoxy.org)?
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem><para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Do not even think about anything except bugfixes. No new features!
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ -->
+ </sect2>
+
+ </sect1>
+
+ <!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+<sect1 id="documentation"><title>Documentation Guidelines</title>
+ <para>
+ All formal documents are maintained in Docbook SGML and located in the
+ <computeroutput>doc/source/*</computeroutput> directory. You will need
+ <ulink url="http://www.docbook.org">Docbook</ulink>, the Docbook
+ DTD's and the Docbook modular stylesheets (or comparable alternatives),
+ and either <application>jade</application> or
+ <application>openjade</application> (recommended) installed in order to
+ build docs from source. Currently there is <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/index.html"><citetitle>user-manual</citetitle></ulink>,
+ <ulink url="../faq/index.html"><citetitle>FAQ</citetitle></ulink>, and, of
+ course this, the <citetitle>developer-manual</citetitle> in this format.
+ The <citetitle>README</citetitle>, <citetitle>AUTHORS</citetitle>,
+ <citetitle>INSTALL</citetitle>,
+ <citetitle>privoxy.1</citetitle> (man page), and
+ <citetitle>config</citetitle> files are also now maintained as Docbook
+ SGML. These files, when built, in the top-level source directory are
+ generated files! Also, the <application>Privoxy</application> <filename>index.html</filename> (and a
+ variation on this file, <filename>privoxy-index.html</filename>,
+ meant for inclusion with doc packages), are maintained as SGML as well.
+ <emphasis>DO NOT edit these directly</emphasis>. Edit the SGML source, or
+ contact someone involved in the documentation.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <filename>config</filename> requires some special handling. The reason it
+ is maintained this way is so that the extensive comments in the file
+ mirror those in <citetitle>user-manual</citetitle>. But the conversion
+ process requires going from SGML to HTML to text to special formatting
+ required for the embedded comments. Some of this does not survive so
+ well. Especially some of the examples that are longer than 80 characters.
+ The build process for this file outputs to <filename>config.new</filename>,
+ which should be reviewed for errors and mis-formatting. Once satisfied
+ that it is correct, then it should be hand copied to
+ <filename>config</filename>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Other, less formal documents (e.g. <filename>LICENSE</filename>) are
+ maintained as plain text files in the top-level source directory.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Packagers are encouraged to include this documentation. For those without
+ the ability to build the docs locally, text versions of each are kept in
+ CVS. HTML versions are also being kept in CVS under
+ <filename>doc/webserver/*</filename>. And PDF version are kept in
+ <filename>doc/pdf/*</filename>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Formal documents are built with the Makefile targets of
+ <computeroutput>make dok</computeroutput>, or alternately
+ <computeroutput>make redhat-dok</computeroutput>. If you have problems,
+ try both. The build process uses the document SGML sources in
+ <computeroutput>doc/source/*/*</computeroutput> to update all text files in
+ <computeroutput>doc/text/</computeroutput> and to update all HTML
+ documents in <computeroutput>doc/webserver/</computeroutput>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Documentation writers should please make sure documents build
+ successfully before committing to CVS, if possible.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ How do you update the webserver (i.e. the pages on privoxy.org)?
+
+ <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+ <listitem><para>
First, build the docs by running <computeroutput>make
dok</computeroutput> (or alternately <computeroutput>make
- redhat-dok</computeroutput>).
- </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>
- Run <computeroutput>make webserver</computeroutput> which copies all files from
-<computeroutput>doc/webserver</computeroutput> to the sourceforge webserver
-via scp.
- </para></listitem>
- </orderedlist>
+ redhat-dok</computeroutput>). For PDF docs, do <computeroutput>make
+ dok-pdf</computeroutput>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Run <computeroutput>make webserver</computeroutput> which copies all
+ files from <computeroutput>doc/webserver</computeroutput> to the
+ sourceforge webserver via scp.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Finished docs should be occasionally submitted to CVS
+ (<filename>doc/webserver/*/*.html</filename>) so that those without
+ the ability to build them locally, have access to them if needed.
+ This is especially important just prior to a new release! Please
+ do this <emphasis>after</emphasis> the <literal>$VERSION</literal> and
+ other release specific data in <filename>configure.in</filename> has been
+ updated (this is done just prior to a new release).
+ </para>
+
+<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+<sect2 id="sgml">
+<title>Quickstart to Docbook and SGML</title>
+<para>
+ If you are not familiar with SGML, it is a markup language similar to HTML.
+ Actually, not a mark up language per se, but a language used to define
+ markup languages. In fact, HTML is an SGML application. Both will use
+ <quote>tags</quote> to format text and other content. SGML tags can be much
+ more varied, and flexible, but do much of the same kinds of things. The tags,
+ or <quote>elements</quote>, are definable in SGML. There is no set
+ <quote>standards</quote>. Since we are using
+ <application>Docbook</application>, our tags are those that are defined by
+ <application>Docbook</application>. Much of how the finish document is
+ rendered is determined by the <quote>stylesheets</quote>.
+ The stylesheets determine how each tag gets translated to HTML, or other
+ formats.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ Tags in Docbook SGML need to be always <quote>closed</quote>. If not, you
+ will likely generate errors. Example: <literal><title>My
+ Title</title></literal>. They are also case-insensitive, but we
+ strongly suggest using all lower case. This keeps compatibility with
+ [Docbook] <application>XML</application>.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ Our documents use <quote>sections</quote> for the most part. Sections
+ will be processed into HTML headers (e.g. <literal>h1</literal> for
+ <literal>sect1</literal>). The <application>Docbook</application> stylesheets
+ will use these to also generate the Table of Contents for each doc. Our
+ TOC's are set to a depth of three. Meaning <literal>sect1</literal>,
+ <literal>sect2</literal>, and <literal>sect3</literal> will have TOC
+ entries, but <literal>sect4</literal> will not. Each section requires
+ a <literal><title></literal> element, and at least one
+ <literal><para></literal>. There is a limit of five section
+ levels in Docbook, but generally three should be sufficient for our
+ purposes.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ Some common elements that you likely will use:
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>
+ <emphasis><para></para></emphasis>, paragraph delimiter. Most
+ text needs to be within paragraph elements (there are some exceptions).
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <emphasis><emphasis></emphasis></emphasis>, the stylesheets
+ make this italics.
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <emphasis><filename></filename></emphasis>, files and directories.
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <emphasis><command></command></emphasis>, command examples.
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <emphasis><literallayout></literallayout></emphasis>, like
+ <literal><pre></literal>, more or less.
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <emphasis><itemizedlist></itemizedlist></emphasis>, list with bullets.
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <emphasis><listitem></listitem></emphasis>, member of the above.
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <emphasis><screen></screen></emphasis>, screen output, implies
+ <literal><literallayout></literal>.
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <emphasis><ulink url="example.com"></ulink></emphasis>, like
+ HTML <literal><a></literal> tag.
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <emphasis><quote></quote></emphasis>, for, doh, quoting text.
+ </member>
+ </simplelist>
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ Look at any of the existing docs for examples of all these and more.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ You might also find <quote><ulink
+ url="http://opensource.bureau-cornavin.com/crash-course/index.html">Writing Documentation
+ Using DocBook - A Crash Course</ulink></quote> useful.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+ <sect2 id="docstyle">
+ <title><application>Privoxy</application> Documentation Style</title>
+ <para>
+ It will be easier if everyone follows a similar writing style. This
+ just makes it easier to read what someone else has written if it
+ is all done in a similar fashion.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Here it is:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ All tags should be lower case.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Tags delimiting a <emphasis>block</emphasis> of text (even small
+ blocks) should be on their own line. Like:
+ <literallayout>
+ <para>
+ Some text goes here.
+ </para>
+ </literallayout>
+ Tags marking individual words, or few words, should be in-line:
+ <literallayout>
+ Just to <emphasis>emphasize</emphasis>, some text goes here.
+ </literallayout>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Tags should be nested and step indented for block text like: (except
+ in-line tags)
+ <literallayout>
+ <para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <para>
+ <listitem>
+ Some text goes here in our list example.
+ </listitem>
+ </para>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </literallayout>
+ This makes it easier to find the text amongst the tags ;-)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Use white space to separate logical divisions within a document,
+ like between sections. Running everything together consistently
+ makes it harder to read and work on.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Do not hesitate to make comments. Comments can either use the
+ <comment> element, or the <!-- --> style comment
+ familiar from HTML. (Note in Docbook v4.x <comment> is
+ replaced by <remark>.)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ We have an international audience. Refrain from slang, or English
+ idiosyncrasies (too many to list :). Humor also does not translate
+ well sometimes.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Try to keep overall line lengths in source files to 80 characters or less
+ for obvious reasons. This is not always possible, with lengthy URLs for
+ instance.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Our documents are available in differing formats. Right now, they
+ are just plain text, HTML, and PDF, but others are always a
+ future possibility. Be careful with URLs (<ulink>), and avoid
+ this mistake:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ My favorite site is <ulink url="http://example.com">here</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This will render as <quote>My favorite site is here</quote>, which is
+ not real helpful in a text doc. Better like this:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ My favorite site is <ulink url="http://example.com">example.com</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ All documents should be spell checked occasionally.
+ <application>aspell</application> can check SGML with the
+ <literal>-H</literal> option. (<application>ispell</application> I think
+ too.)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+
+ <!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+
+ <sect2><title>Privoxy Custom Entities</title>
+ <para>
+ <application>Privoxy</application> documentation is using
+ a number of customized <quote>entities</quote> to facilitate
+ documentation maintenance.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ We are using a set of <quote>boilerplate</quote> files with generic text,
+ that is used by multiple docs. This way we can write something once, and use
+ it repeatedly without having to re-write the same content over and over again.
+ If editing such a file, keep in mind that it should be
+ <emphasis>generic</emphasis>. That is the purpose; so it can be used in varying
+ contexts without additional modifications.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ We are also using what <application>Docbook</application> calls
+ <quote>internal entities</quote>. These are like variables in
+ programming. Well, sort of. For instance, we have the
+ <literal>p-version</literal> entity that contains the current
+ <application>Privoxy</application> version string. You are strongly
+ encouraged to use these where possible. Some of these obviously
+ require re-setting with each release (done by the Makefile). A sampling of
+ custom entities are listed below. See any of the main docs for examples.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Re- <quote>boilerplate</quote> text entities are defined like:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <literal><!entity supported SYSTEM "supported.sgml"></literal>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In this example, the contents of the file,
+ <filename>supported.sgml</filename> is available for inclusion anywhere
+ in the doc. To make this happen, just reference the now defined
+ entity: <literal>&supported;</literal> (starts with an ampersand
+ and ends with a semi-colon), and the contents will be dumped into
+ the finished doc at that point.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Commonly used <quote>internal entities</quote>:
</para>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>
+ <emphasis>p-version</emphasis>: the <application>Privoxy</application>
+ version string, e.g. <quote>&p-version;</quote>.
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <emphasis>p-status</emphasis>: the project status, either
+ <quote>alpha</quote>, <quote>beta</quote>, or <quote>stable</quote>.
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <emphasis>p-not-stable</emphasis>: use to conditionally include
+ text in <quote>not stable</quote> releases (e.g. <quote>beta</quote>).
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <emphasis>p-stable</emphasis>: just the opposite.
+ </member>
+ <member>
+ <emphasis>p-text</emphasis>: this doc is only generated as text.
+ </member>
+ </simplelist>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ There are others in various places that are defined for a specific
+ purpose. Read the source!
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
</sect1>
<!-- <listitem><para>be consistent with the redirect script (i.e. the <application>Privoxy</application> program -->
<para><emphasis>Explanation:</emphasis></para>
<para>Comment as much as possible without commenting the obvious.
- For example do not comment "aVariable is equal to bVariable".
- Instead explain why aVariable should be equal to the bVariable.
+ For example do not comment "variable_a is equal to variable_b".
+ Instead explain why variable_a should be equal to the variable_b.
Just because a person can read code does not mean they will
understand why or what is being done. A reader may spend a lot
more time figuring out what is going on when a simple comment
<para><emphasis>Example:</emphasis></para>
<programlisting>
/* if page size greater than 1k ... */
-if ( PageLength() > 1024 )
+if ( page_length() > 1024 )
{
... "block" the page up ...
}
/* if page size is small, send it in blocks */
-if ( PageLength() > 1024 )
+if ( page_length() > 1024 )
{
... "block" the page up ...
}
/*********************************************************************
* This will stand out clearly in your code!
*********************************************************************/
-if ( thisVariable == thatVariable )
+if ( this_variable == that_variable )
{
- DoSomethingVeryImportant();
+ do_something_very_important();
}
/* unfortunately, this may not */
-if ( thisVariable == thatVariable )
+if ( this_variable == that_variable )
{
- DoSomethingVeryImportant();
+ do_something_very_important();
}
-if ( thisVariable == thatVariable ) /* this may not either */
+if ( this_variable == that_variable ) /* this may not either */
{
- DoSomethingVeryImportant();
+ do_something_very_important();
}</programlisting>
<para><emphasis>Exception:</emphasis></para>
<para>If you are trying to add a small logic comment and do not
- wish to "disrubt" the flow of the code, feel free to use a 1
+ wish to "disrupt" the flow of the code, feel free to use a 1
line comment which is NOT on the same line as the code.</para>
* This will stand out clearly in your code,
* But the second example won't.
*********************************************************************/
-if ( thisVariable == thatVariable )
+if ( this_variable == this_variable )
{
- DoSomethingVeryImportant();
+ do_something_very_important();
}
-if ( thisVariable == thatVariable ) /*can you see me?*/
+if ( this_variable == this_variable ) /*can you see me?*/
{
- DoSomethingVeryImportant(); /*not easily*/
+ do_something_very_important(); /*not easily*/
}
if ( 1 == X )
{
- DoSomethingVeryImportant();
+ do_something_very_important();
}
-short DoSomethingVeryImportant(
+short do_something_very_important(
short firstparam, /* represents something */
short nextparam /* represents something else */ )
{
...code here...
-} /* -END- DoSomethingVeryImportant */
+} /* -END- do_something_very_important */
</programlisting>
</sect3>
<programlisting>
if ( 1 == X )
{
- DoSomethingVeryImportant();
+ do_something_very_important();
...some long list of commands...
} /* -END- if x is 1 */
if ( 1 == X )
{
- DoSomethingVeryImportant();
+ do_something_very_important();
...some long list of commands...
} /* -END- if ( 1 == X ) */
</programlisting>
<para><emphasis>Explanation:</emphasis></para>
- <para>Use all lowercase, and seperate words via an underscore
+ <para>Use all lowercase, and separate words via an underscore
('_'). Do not start an identifier with an underscore. (ANSI C
reserves these for use by the compiler and system headers.) Do
not use identifiers which are reserved in ANSI C++. (E.g.
<para><emphasis>Explanation:</emphasis></para>
- <para>Use all lowercase, and seperate words via an underscore
+ <para>Use all lowercase, and separate words via an underscore
('_'). Do not start an identifier with an underscore. (ANSI C
reserves these for use by the compiler and system headers.) Do
not use identifiers which are reserved in ANSI C++. (E.g.
<para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> In the special case that the if-statement is
inside a loop, and it is trivial, i.e. it tests for a
- condidtion that is obvious from the purpose of the block,
+ condition that is obvious from the purpose of the block,
one-liners as above may optically preserve the loop structure
and make it easier to read.</para>
- <para><emphasis>Status:</emphasis> developer-discrection.</para>
+ <para><emphasis>Status:</emphasis> developer-discretion.</para>
<para><emphasis>Example exception:</emphasis></para>
<programlisting>
<programlisting>
if ( this == that )
{
- DoSomething();
- DoSomethingElse();
+ do_something();
+ do_something_else();
}</programlisting>
<para><emphasis>Instead of:</emphasis></para>
- <para>if ( this == that ) DoSomething(); DoSomethingElse();</para>
+ <para>if ( this == that ) do_something(); do_something_else();</para>
<para>or</para>
- <para>if ( this == that ) DoSomething();</para>
+ <para>if ( this == that ) do_something();</para>
<para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> The first example in "Instead of" will execute
in a manner other than that which the developer desired (per
<para>if ( condition ) { structure->flag = 1; } else {
structure->flag = 0; }</para>
- <para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> The former is readable and consice. The later
+ <para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> The former is readable and concise. The later
is wordy and inefficient. Please assume that any developer new
to the project has at least a "good" knowledge of C/C++. (Hope
I do not offend by that last comment ... 8-)</para>
<para><emphasis>Example:</emphasis></para>
<programlisting>
-int firstValue = 0;
-int someValue = 0;
-int anotherValue = 0;
-int thisVariable = 0;
+int first_value = 0;
+int some_value = 0;
+int another_value = 0;
+int this_variable = 0;
-if ( thisVariable == thatVariable )
+if ( this_variable == this_variable )
-firstValue = oldValue + ( ( someValue - anotherValue ) - whatever )
+first_value = old_value + ( ( some_value - another_value ) - whatever )
</programlisting>
</sect3>
<para><emphasis>Example:</emphasis></para>
<programlisting>
-aStruct->aMember;
-aStruct.aMember;
-FunctionName();</programlisting>
+a_struct->a_member;
+a_struct.a_member;
+function_name();</programlisting>
- <para><emphasis>Instead of:</emphasis> aStruct -> aMember; aStruct . aMember;
- FunctionName ();</para>
+ <para><emphasis>Instead of:</emphasis> a_struct -> a_member; a_struct . a_member;
+ function_name ();</para>
</sect3>
int function1( ... )
{
...code...
- return( retCode );
+ return( ret_code );
} /* -END- function1 */
<para><emphasis>Instead of:</emphasis></para>
- <para>int function1( ... ) { ...code... return( retCode ); } int
+ <para>int function1( ... ) { ...code... return( ret_code ); } int
function2( ... ) { }</para>
<para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> Use 1 blank line before the closing brace and 2
- lines afterwards. This makes the end of function standout to
+ lines afterward. This makes the end of function standout to
the most casual viewer. Although function comments help
- seperate functions, this is still a good coding practice. In
+ separate functions, this is still a good coding practice. In
fact, I follow these rules when using blocks in "for", "while",
"do" loops, and long if {} statements too. After all whitespace
is free!</para>
- <para><emphasis>Status:</emphasis> developer-discrection on the number of blank
+ <para><emphasis>Status:</emphasis> developer-discretion on the number of blank
lines. Enforced is the end of function comments.</para>
<para><emphasis>Example:</emphasis></para>
<programlisting>
-short anShort = 0;
-float aFloat = 0;
+short a_short = 0;
+float a_float = 0;
struct *ptr = NULL;</programlisting>
<para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> It is much easier to debug a SIGSEGV if the
message says you are trying to access memory address 00000000
- and not 129FA012; or arrayPtr[20] causes a SIGSEV vs.
- arrayPtr[0].</para>
+ and not 129FA012; or array_ptr[20] causes a SIGSEV vs.
+ array_ptr[0].</para>
- <para><emphasis>Status:</emphasis> developer-discrection if and only if the
+ <para><emphasis>Status:</emphasis> developer-discretion if and only if the
variable is assigned a value "shortly after" declaration.</para>
</sect3>
<para><emphasis>Example:</emphasis></para>
<programlisting>
-ShouldWeBlockThis();
-ContainsAnImage();
-IsWebPageBlank();
+should_we_block_this();
+contains_an_image();
+is_web_page_blank();
</programlisting>
</sect3>
<para><emphasis>Example:</emphasis></para>
<programlisting>
-for ( size_t cnt = 0; cnt < blockListLength(); cnt ++ )
+for ( size_t cnt = 0; cnt < block_list_length(); cnt++ )
{
....
}</programlisting>
each and every iteration. This increases the overhead in the
program, because the compiler has to look up the function each
time, call it, and return a value. Depending on what occurs in
- the blockListLength() call, it might even be creating and
+ the block_list_length() call, it might even be creating and
destroying structures with each iteration, even though in each
case it is comparing "cnt" to the same value, over and over.
- Remember too - even a call to blockListLength() is a function
+ Remember too - even a call to block_list_length() is a function
call, with the same overhead.</para>
<para>Instead of using a function call during the iterations,
<para><emphasis>Example:</emphasis></para>
<programlisting>
-size_t len = blockListLength();
+size_t len = block_list_length();
-for ( size_t cnt = 0; cnt < len; cnt ++ )
+for ( size_t cnt = 0; cnt < len; cnt++ )
{
....
}</programlisting>
- <para><emphasis>Exceptions:</emphasis> if the value of blockListLength() *may*
- change or could *potentially* change, then you must code the
+ <para><emphasis>Exceptions:</emphasis> if the value of block_list_length()
+ *may* change or could *potentially* change, then you must code the
function call in the for/while loop.</para>
<para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> Please! do not add "-I." to the Makefile
without a _very_ good reason. This duplicates the #include
- "file.h" behaviour.</para>
+ "file.h" behavior.</para>
</sect3>
<para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> If you declare "file_list xyz;" (without the
pointer), then including the proper header file is necessary.
If you only want to prototype a pointer, however, the header
- file is unneccessary.</para>
+ file is unnecessary.</para>
- <para><emphasis>Status:</emphasis> Use with discrection.</para>
+ <para><emphasis>Status:</emphasis> Use with discretion.</para>
</sect3>
default :
log_error( ... );
- ... anomly code goes here ...
+ ... anomaly code goes here ...
continue; / break; / exit( 1 ); / etc ...
} /* end switch( hash_string( cmd ) ) */</programlisting>
This API call *should* be included in a default statement.</para>
<para><emphasis>Another Note:</emphasis> This is not so much a readability issue
- as a robust programming issue. The "anomly code goes here" may
+ as a robust programming issue. The "anomaly code goes here" may
be no more than a print to the STDERR stream (as in
- load_config). Or it may really be an ABEND condition.</para>
+ load_config). Or it may really be an abort condition.</para>
<para><emphasis>Status:</emphasis> Programmer discretion is advised.</para>
assumptions about whether it is signed or unsigned, or about
how long it is. Do not compare a size_t against another
variable of a different type (or even against a constant)
- without casting one of the values. Try to avoid using size_t if
- you can.</para>
+ without casting one of the values.</para>
</sect3>
<para><emphasis>Exceptions:</emphasis> when you want to declare a bunch of loop
variables or other trivial variables; feel free to declare them
- on 1 line. You should, although, provide a good comment on
+ on one line. You should, although, provide a good comment on
their functions.</para>
- <para><emphasis>Status:</emphasis> developer-discrection.</para>
+ <para><emphasis>Status:</emphasis> developer-discretion.</para>
</sect3>
<para><emphasis>Explanation:</emphasis></para>
- <para>Create a local stuct (on the stack) if the variable will
+ <para>Create a local struct (on the stack) if the variable will
live and die within the context of one function call.</para>
<para>Only "malloc" a struct (on the heap) if the variable's life
<para><emphasis>Example:</emphasis></para>
<programlisting>
If a function creates a struct and stores a pointer to it in a
-list, then it should definately be allocated via `malloc'.
+list, then it should definitely be allocated via `malloc'.
</programlisting>
</sect3>
responsible for ensuring that deletion is timely (i.e. not too
soon, not too late). This is known as "low-coupling" and is a
"good thing (tm)". You may need to offer a
- free/unload/destuctor type function to accomodate this.</para>
+ free/unload/destructor type function to accommodate this.</para>
<para><emphasis>Example:</emphasis></para>
<programlisting>
functions for C run-time library functions ... such as
`strdup'.</para>
- <para><emphasis>Status:</emphasis> developer-discrection. The "main" use of this
+ <para><emphasis>Status:</emphasis> developer-discretion. The "main" use of this
standard is for allocating and freeing data structures (complex
or nested).</para>
<sect3 id="s45"><title>"Uncertain" new code and/or changes to
- exitinst code, use FIXME</title>
+ existing code, use FIXME or XXX</title>
<para><emphasis>Explanation:</emphasis></para>
<para>If you have enough confidence in new code or confidence in
- your changes, but are not *quite* sure of the reprocussions,
+ your changes, but are not *quite* sure of the repercussions,
add this:</para>
<para>/* FIXME: this code has a logic error on platform XYZ, *
- attempthing to fix */ #ifdef PLATFORM ...changed code here...
+ attempting to fix */ #ifdef PLATFORM ...changed code here...
#endif</para>
<para>or:</para>
<para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> If you make it clear that this may or may not
be a "good thing (tm)", it will be easier to identify and
- include in the project (or conversly exclude from the
+ include in the project (or conversely exclude from the
project).</para>
<para><emphasis>Example for file comments:</emphasis></para>
<programlisting>
-const char FILENAME_rcs[] = "$Id: developer-manual.sgml,v 1.15 2002/03/30 22:29:47 swa Exp $";
+const char FILENAME_rcs[] = "$I<!-- Break CVS Substitution -->d$";
/*********************************************************************
*
* File : $S<!-- Break CVS Substitution -->ource$
*
* Purpose : (Fill me in with a good description!)
*
- * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001 the SourceForge
- * Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/
- *
- * Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written
- * by and Copyright (C) 1997 Anonymous Coders and
- * Junkbusters Corporation. http://www.junkbusters.com
+ * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2009
+ * the Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it
* and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
*
* The GNU General Public License should be included with
* this file. If not, you can view it at
- * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
- * or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
- * Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- * Revisions :
- * $L<!-- Break CVS Substitution -->og$
+ * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+ * or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 ,
+ * USA
*
*********************************************************************/
<para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> The formfeed character that is present right
after the comment flower box is handy for (X|GNU)Emacs users to
- skip the verbige and get to the heart of the code (via
+ skip the verbiage and get to the heart of the code (via
`forward-page' and `backward-page'). Please include it if you
can.</para>
<programlisting>
#ifndef _FILENAME_H
#define _FILENAME_H
-#define FILENAME_H_VERSION "$Id: developer-manual.sgml,v 1.15 2002/03/30 22:29:47 swa Exp $"
+#define FILENAME_H_VERSION "$I<!-- Break CVS Substitution -->d$"
/*********************************************************************
*
* File : $S<!-- Break CVS Substitution -->ource$
*
* Purpose : (Fill me in with a good description!)
*
- * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001 the SourceForge
- * Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/
- *
- * Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written
- * by and Copyright (C) 1997 Anonymous Coders and
- * Junkbusters Corporation. http://www.junkbusters.com
+ * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2009
+ * the Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it
* and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
*
* The GNU General Public License should be included with
* this file. If not, you can view it at
- * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
- * or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
- * Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- * Revisions :
- * $L<!-- Break CVS Substitution -->og$
+ * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+ * or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 ,
+ * USA
*
*********************************************************************/
</sect1>
- <!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
- <sect1 id="cvs"><title>Version Control Guidelines</title>
- <para>To be filled. note on cvs comments. don't comment what you did, comment
-why you did it.
-</para>
- </sect1>
-
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<sect1 id="testing"><title>Testing Guidelines</title>
<para>To be filled.
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<sect2 id="testing-plan"><title>Testplan for releases</title>
<para>
-Explain release numbers. major, minor. developer releases. etc.
+ Explain release numbers. major, minor. developer releases. etc.
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem><para>
intelligent (keep it short and precise).</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- Do not mail to the mailinglist (we cannot keep track on issues there).
+ Do not mail to the mailing list (we cannot keep track on issues there).
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
- <sect1 id="newrelease"><title>Releasing a new version</title>
+ <sect1 id="newrelease"><title>Releasing a New Version</title>
+ <para>
+ When we release versions of <application>Privoxy</application>,
+ our work leaves our cozy secret lab and has to work in the cold
+ RealWorld[tm]. Once it is released, there is no way to call it
+ back, so it is very important that great care is taken to ensure
+ that everything runs fine, and not to introduce problems in the
+ very last minute.
+ </para>
<para>
- To minimize trouble with distribution contents, webpage
- errors and the like, I (Stefan) strongly encourage you
- to follow this section if you prepare a new release of
- code or new pages on the webserver.
+ So when releasing a new version, please adhere exactly to the
+ procedure outlined in this chapter.
</para>
+
<para>
The following programs are required to follow this process:
- <filename>ncftpput</filename> (ncftp), <filename>scp</filename> (ssh),
-<filename>gmake</filename> (GNU's version of make), ???.
+ <filename>ncftpput</filename> (ncftp), <filename>scp, ssh</filename> (ssh),
+ <filename>gmake</filename> (GNU's version of make), autoconf, cvs.
</para>
- <sect2 id="newrelease-web"><title>Update the webserver</title>
- <para>
- All files must be group-readable and group-writable (or no one else
- will be able to change them). To update the webserver, create any
- pages locally in the <filename>doc/webserver</filename> directory (or
- create new directories under <filename>doc/webserver</filename>), then do
- </para>
- <para>
- <programlisting>
- make webserver
- </programlisting>
- </para>
- <para>
- Note that <filename>make dok</filename> creates
- <filename>doc/webserver/user-manual</filename>,
- <filename>doc/webserver/developer-manual</filename>,
- <filename>doc/webserver/faq</filename> and
- <filename>doc/webserver/man-page</filename> automatically.
- </para>
- <para>
- Verify on the webserver that the permissions are set correctly. Do
- NOT use any other means of transferring files to the webserver.
- </para>
+
+ <sect2 id="versionnumbers">
+ <title>Version numbers</title>
+
+ <para>
+ First you need to determine which version number the release will have.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> version numbers consist of three numbers,
+ separated by dots, like in X.Y.Z (e.g. 3.0.0), where:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ X, the version major, is rarely ever changed. It is increased by one if
+ turning a development branch into stable substantially changes the functionality,
+ user interface or configuration syntax. Majors 1 and 2 were
+ <application>Junkbuster</application>, and 3 will be the first stable
+ <application>Privoxy</application> release.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Y, the version minor, represents the branch within the major version.
+ At any point in time, there are two branches being maintained:
+ The stable branch, with an even minor, say, 2N, in which no functionality is
+ being added and only bug-fixes are made, and 2N+1, the development branch, in
+ which the further development of <application>Privoxy</application> takes
+ place.
+ This enables us to turn the code upside down and inside out, while at the same time
+ providing and maintaining a stable version.
+ The minor is reset to zero (and one) when the major is incremented. When a development
+ branch has matured to the point where it can be turned into stable, the old stable branch
+ 2N is given up (i.e. no longer maintained), the former development branch 2N+1 becomes the
+ new stable branch 2N+2, and a new development branch 2N+3 is opened.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Z, the point or sub version, represents a release of the software within a branch.
+ It is therefore incremented immediately before each code freeze.
+ In development branches, only the even point versions correspond to actual releases,
+ while the odd ones denote the evolving state of the sources on CVS in between.
+ It follows that Z is odd on CVS in development branches most of the time. There, it gets
+ increased to an even number immediately before a code freeze, and is increased to an odd
+ number again immediately thereafter.
+ This ensures that builds from CVS snapshots are easily distinguished from released versions.
+ The point version is reset to zero when the minor changes.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Stable branches work a little differently, since there should be
+ little to no development happening in such branches. Remember,
+ only bugfixes, which presumably should have had some testing
+ before being committed. Stable branches will then have their
+ version reported as <literal>0.0.0</literal>, during that period
+ between releases when changes are being added. This is to denote
+ that this code is <emphasis>not for release</emphasis>. Then
+ as the release nears, the version is bumped according: e.g.
+ <literal>3.0.1 -> 0.0.0 -> 3.0.2</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In summary, the main CVS trunk is the development branch where new
+ features are being worked on for the next stable series. This should
+ almost always be where the most activity takes place. There is always at
+ least one stable branch from the trunk, e.g now it is
+ <literal>3.0</literal>, which is only used to release stable versions.
+ Once the initial *.0 release of the stable branch has been done, then as a
+ rule, only bugfixes that have had prior testing should be committed to
+ the stable branch. Once there are enough bugfixes to justify a new
+ release, the version of this branch is again incremented Example: 3.0.0
+ -> 3.0.1 -> 3.0.2, etc are all stable releases from within the stable
+ branch. 3.1.x is currently the main trunk, and where work on 3.2.x is
+ taking place. If any questions, please post to the devel list
+ <emphasis>before</emphasis> committing to a stable branch!
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Developers should remember too that if they commit a bugfix to the stable
+ branch, this will more than likely require a separate submission to the
+ main trunk, since these are separate development trees within CVS. If you
+ are working on both, then this would require at least two separate check
+ outs (i.e main trunk, <emphasis>and</emphasis> the stable release branch,
+ which is <literal>v_3_0_branch</literal> at the moment).
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="beforerelease">
+ <title>Before the Release: Freeze</title>
+ <para>
+ The following <emphasis>must be done by one of the
+ developers</emphasis> prior to each new release.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Make sure that everybody who has worked on the code in the last
+ couple of days has had a chance to yell <quote>no!</quote> in case
+ they have pending changes/fixes in their pipelines. Announce the
+ freeze so that nobody will interfere with last minute changes.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Increment the version number (point from odd to even in development
+ branches!) in <filename>configure.in</filename>. (RPM spec files
+ will need to be incremented as well.)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If <filename>default.action</filename> has changed since last
+ release (i.e. software release or standalone actions file release),
+ bump up its version info to A.B in this line:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <programlisting>
+ {+add-header{X-Actions-File-Version: A.B} -filter -no-popups}
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Then change the version info in doc/webserver/actions/index.php,
+ line: '$required_actions_file_version = "A.B";'
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ All documentation should be rebuild after the version bump.
+ Finished docs should be then be committed to CVS (for those
+ without the ability to build these). Some docs may require
+ rather obscure processing tools. <filename>config</filename>,
+ the man page (and the html version of the man page), and the PDF docs
+ fall in this category. REAMDE, the man page, AUTHORS, and config
+ should all also be committed to CVS for other packagers. The
+ formal docs should be uploaded to the webserver. See the
+ Section "Updating the webserver" in this manual for details.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <citetitle>User Manual</citetitle> is also used for context
+ sensitive help for the CGI editor. This is version sensitive, so that
+ the user will get appropriate help for his/her release. So with
+ each release a fresh version should be uploaded to the webserver
+ (this is in addition to the main <citetitle>User Manual</citetitle>
+ link from the main page since we need to keep manuals for various
+ versions available). The CGI pages will link to something like
+ <literal>http://privoxy.org/$(VERSION)/user-manual/</literal>. This
+ will need to be updated for each new release. There is no Makefile
+ target for this at this time!!! It needs to be done manually.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ All developers should look at the <filename>ChangeLog</filename> and
+ make sure noteworthy changes are referenced.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>Commit all files that were changed in the above steps!</emphasis>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Tag all files in CVS with the version number with
+ <quote><command>cvs tag v_X_Y_Z</command></quote>.
+ Don't use vX_Y_Z, ver_X_Y_Z, v_X.Y.Z (won't work) etc.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If the release was in a development branch, increase the point version
+ from even to odd (X.Y.(Z+1)) again in <filename>configure.in</filename> and
+ commit your change.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ On the webserver, copy the user manual to a new top-level directory
+ called <filename>X.Y.Z</filename>. This ensures that help links from the CGI
+ pages, which have the version as a prefix, will go into the right version of the manual.
+ If this is a development branch release, also symlink <filename>X.Y.(Z-1)</filename>
+ to <filename>X.Y.Z</filename> and <filename>X.Y.(Z+1)</filename> to
+ <filename>.</filename> (i.e. dot).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
</sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="therelease">
+ <title>Building and Releasing the Packages</title>
+ <para>
+ Now the individual packages can be built and released. Note that for
+ GPL reasons the first package to be released is always the source tarball.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ For <emphasis>all</emphasis> types of packages, including the source tarball,
+ <emphasis>you must make sure that you build from clean sources by exporting
+ the right version from CVS into an empty directory</emphasis> (just press return when
+ asked for a password):
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <programlisting>
+ mkdir dist # delete or choose different name if it already exists
+ cd dist
+ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ijbswa login
+ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ijbswa export -r v_X_Y_Z current
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>Do NOT change</emphasis> a single bit, including, but not limited to
+ version information after export from CVS. This is to make sure that
+ all release packages, and with them, all future bug reports, are based
+ on exactly the same code.
+ </para>
+
+ <warning>
+ <para>
+ Every significant release of Privoxy has included at least one
+ package that either had incorrect versions of files, missing files,
+ or incidental leftovers from a previous build process that gave
+ unknown numbers of users headaches to try to figure out what was
+ wrong. PLEASE, make sure you are using pristene sources, and are
+ following the prescribed process!
+ </para>
+ </warning>
+
+ <para>
+ Please find additional instructions for the source tarball and the
+ individual platform dependent binary packages below. And details
+ on the Sourceforge release process below that.
+ </para>
- <sect2 id="newrelease-rpm"><title>SuSE or RedHat</title>
+ <sect3 id="pack-guidelines">
+ <title>Note on Privoxy Packaging</title>
+ <para>
+ Please keep these general guidelines in mind when putting together
+ your package. These apply to <emphasis>all</emphasis> platforms!
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <application>Privoxy</application> <emphasis>requires</emphasis>
+ write access to: all <filename>*.action</filename> files, all
+ logfiles, and the <filename>trust</filename> file. You will
+ need to determine the best way to do this for your platform.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Please include up to date documentation. At a bare minimum:
+ </para>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>
+ <filename>LICENSE</filename> (top-level directory)
+ </member>
+ </simplelist>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>
+ <filename>README</filename> (top-level directory)
+ </member>
+ </simplelist>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>
+ <filename>AUTHORS</filename> (top-level directory)
+ </member>
+ </simplelist>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>
+ <filename>man page</filename> (top-level directory, Unix-like
+ platforms only)
+ </member>
+ </simplelist>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>
+ <filename>The User Manual</filename> (doc/webserver/user-manual/)
+ </member>
+ </simplelist>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>
+ <filename>FAQ</filename> (doc/webserver/faq/)
+ </member>
+ </simplelist>
+ <para>
+ Also suggested: <filename>Developer Manual</filename>
+ (doc/webserver/developer-manual) and <filename>ChangeLog</filename>
+ (top-level directory). <filename>FAQ</filename> and the manuals are
+ HTML docs. There are also text versions in
+ <filename>doc/text/</filename> which could conceivably also be
+ included.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The documentation has been designed such that the manuals are linked
+ to each other from parallel directories, and should be packaged
+ that way. <filename>privoxy-index.html</filename> can also be
+ included and can serve as a focal point for docs and other links of
+ interest (and possibly renamed to <filename>index.html</filename>).
+ This should be one level up from the manuals. There is a link also
+ on this page to an HTMLized version of the man page. To avoid 404 for
+ this, it is in CVS as
+ <filename>doc/webserver/man-page/privoxy-man-page.html</filename>,
+ and should be included along with the manuals. There is also a
+ css stylesheets that can be included for better presentation:
+ <filename>p_doc.css</filename>. This should be in the same directory
+ with <filename>privoxy-index.html</filename>, (i.e. one level up from
+ the manual directories).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <filename>user.action</filename> and <filename>user.filter</filename>
+ are designed for local preferences. Make sure these do not get overwritten!
+ <filename>config</filename> should not be overwritten either. This
+ has especially important configuration data in it.
+ <filename>trust</filename> should be left in tact as well.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Other configuration files (<filename>default.action</filename> and
+ <filename>default.filter</filename>) should be installed as the new
+ defaults, but all previously installed configuration files should be
+ preserved as backups. This is just good manners :-) These files are
+ likely to change between releases and contain important new features
+ and bug fixes.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>
- Ensure that you have the latest code version. Hence run
- </para>
- <para>
- <programlisting>
- cvs update .
- </programlisting>
- </para>
- <para>
- first. If necessary, change the version number of
- <application>Privoxy</application> in the
- <filename>configure.in</filename> file. Update the release number
- directly in the specific spec file (particularly, set the release
- number to <filename>1</filename> if you have increased the version
- number before). Run
+ Please check platform specific notes in this doc, if you haven't
+ done <quote>Privoxy</quote> packaging before for other platform
+ specific issues. Conversely, please add any notes that you know
+ are important for your platform (or contact one of the doc
+ maintainers to do this if you can't).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Packagers should do a <quote>clean</quote> install of their
+ package after building it. So any previous installs should be
+ removed first to ensure the integrity of the newly built package.
+ Then run the package for a while to make sure there are no
+ obvious problems, before uploading.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3 id="newrelease-tarball"><title>Source Tarball</title>
+ <para>
+ First, <emphasis>make sure that you have freshly exported the right
+ version into an empty directory</emphasis>. (See "Building and releasing
+ packages" above). Then run:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
- </programlisting>
+ cd current
+ autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- Then do
+ Then do:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- make suse-dist or make redhat-dist
- </programlisting>
+ make tarball-dist
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
To upload the package to Sourceforge, simply issue
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- make suse-upload or make redhat-upload
- </programlisting>
+ make tarball-upload
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- Goto the displayed URL and release the file publically on Sourceforge.
+ Go to the displayed URL and release the file publicly on Sourceforge.
+ For the change log field, use the relevant section of the
+ <filename>ChangeLog</filename> file.
</para>
- </sect2>
+ </sect3>
- <sect2 id="newrelease-os2"><title>OS/2</title>
- <para>
- Ensure that you have the latest code version. Hence run
- </para>
- <para>
- <programlisting>
- cvs update .
- </programlisting>
- </para>
- <para>
- first. If necessary, change the version number of
- <application>Privoxy</application> in the
- <filename>configure.in</filename> file. Run
- </para>
- <para>
- <programlisting>
- autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
- </programlisting>
- </para>
- <para>
- Then do FIXME.
- </para>
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 id="newrelease-solaris"><title>Solaris</title>
- <para>
- Login to Sourceforge's compilefarm via ssh
+ <sect3 id="newrelease-rpm"><title>SuSE, Conectiva or Red Hat RPM</title>
+ <para>
+ In following text, replace <replaceable class="parameter">dist</replaceable>
+ with either <quote>rh</quote> for Red Hat or <quote>suse</quote> for SuSE.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ First, <emphasis>make sure that you have freshly exported the right
+ version into an empty directory</emphasis>. (See "Building and releasing
+ packages" above).
</para>
<para>
- <programlisting>
- ssh cf.sourceforge.net
- </programlisting>
+ As the only exception to not changing anything after export from CVS,
+ now examine the file <filename>privoxy-</filename><replaceable class="parameter">dist</replaceable><filename>.spec</filename>
+ and make sure that the version information and the RPM release number are
+ correct. The RPM release numbers for each version start at one. Hence it must
+ be reset to one if this is the first RPM for
+ <replaceable class="parameter">dist</replaceable> which is built from version
+ X.Y.Z. Check the
+ <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118">file
+ list</ulink> if unsure. Else, it must be set to the highest already available RPM
+ release number for that version plus one.
</para>
<para>
- Choose the right operating system (not the Debian one). If you have
- downloaded Privoxy before,
+ Then run:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- cd current && cvs update .
- </programlisting>
+ cd current
+ autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- If not, please <ulink
- url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/user-manual/installation.html#INSTALLATION-SOURCE">checkout
- Privoxy via CVS first</ulink>. Verify the version number in
- <filename>configure.in</filename>. If necessary, change the version
- number. Run
+ Then do
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
- </programlisting>
+ make <replaceable class="parameter">dist</replaceable>-dist
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- Then run
+ To upload the package to Sourceforge, simply issue
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- gmake solaris-dist
- </programlisting>
+ make <replaceable class="parameter">dist</replaceable>-upload <replaceable class="parameter">rpm_packagerev</replaceable>
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- which creates a gzip'ed tar archive. Sadly, you cannot use <filename>make
- solaris-upload</filename> on the Sourceforge machine (no ncftpput). You now have
- to manually upload the archive to Sourceforge's ftp server and release
- the file publically
- </para>
- </sect2>
+ where <replaceable class="parameter">rpm_packagerev</replaceable> is the
+ RPM release number as determined above.
+ Go to the displayed URL and release the file publicly on Sourceforge.
+ Use the release notes and change log from the source tarball package.
+ </para>
+ </sect3>
- <sect2 id="newrelease-windows"><title>Windows</title>
+ <sect3 id="newrelease-os2"><title>OS/2</title>
<para>
- Ensure that you have the latest code version. Hence run
+ First, <emphasis>make sure that you have freshly exported the right
+ version into an empty directory</emphasis>. (See "Building and releasing
+ packages" above). Then get the OS/2 Setup module:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- cvs update .
- </programlisting>
+ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ijbswa co os2setup
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- first. If necessary, change the version number of
- <application>Privoxy</application> in the
- <filename>configure.in</filename> file. Run
+ You will need a mix of development tools.
+ The main compilation takes place with IBM Visual Age C++.
+ Some ancillary work takes place with GNU tools, available from
+ various sources like hobbes.nmsu.edu.
+ Specificially, you will need <filename>autoheader</filename>,
+ <filename>autoconf</filename> and <filename>sh</filename> tools.
+ The packaging takes place with WarpIN, available from various sources, including
+ its home page: <ulink url="http://www.xworkplace.org/">xworkplace</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
- <programlisting>
- autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
- </programlisting>
+ Change directory to the <filename>os2setup</filename> directory.
+ Edit the os2build.cmd file to set the final executable filename.
+ For example,
</para>
<para>
- Then do FIXME.
- </para>
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 id="newrelease-debian"><title>Debian</title>
- <para>
- Ensure that you have the latest code version. Hence run
+ <programlisting>
+ installExeName='privoxyos2_setup_X.Y.Z.exe'
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
+ Next, edit the <filename>IJB.wis</filename> file so the release number matches
+ in the <filename>PACKAGEID</filename> section:
+ </para>
+ <para>
<programlisting>
- cvs update .
- </programlisting>
+ PACKAGEID="Privoxy Team\Privoxy\Privoxy Package\X\Y\Z"
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- first. If necessary, change the version number of
- <application>Privoxy</application> in the
- <filename>configure.in</filename> file. Run
+ You're now ready to build. Run:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
- </programlisting>
+ os2build
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- Then do FIXME.
+ You will find the WarpIN-installable executable in the
+ <filename>./files</filename> directory. Upload this anonymously to
+ <filename>uploads.sourceforge.net/incoming</filename>, create a release
+ for it, and you're done. Use the release notes and Change Log from the
+ source tarball package.
</para>
- </sect2>
+ </sect3>
- <sect2 id="newrelease-macosx"><title>Mac OSX</title>
+ <sect3 id="newrelease-solaris"><title>Solaris</title>
<para>
- Login to Sourceforge's compilefarm via ssh
+ Login to Sourceforge's compilefarm via ssh:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- ssh cf.sourceforge.net
- </programlisting>
- </para>
- <para>
- Choose the right operating system. If you have downloaded Privoxy
- before,
- </para>
- <para>
- <programlisting>
- cd current && cvs update .
- </programlisting>
+ ssh cf.sourceforge.net
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- If not, please <ulink
- url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/user-manual/installation.html#INSTALLATION-SOURCE">checkout
- Privoxy via CVS first</ulink>. Verify the version number in
- <filename>configure.in</filename>. If necessary, change the version
- number. Run
+ Choose the right operating system (not the Debian one).
+ When logged in, <emphasis>make sure that you have freshly exported the right
+ version into an empty directory</emphasis>. (See "Building and releasing
+ packages" above). Then run:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
- </programlisting>
+ cd current
+ autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
Then run
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- make macosx-dist
- </programlisting>
+ gmake solaris-dist
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- which creates a gzip'ed tar archive. Sadly, you cannot use <filename>make
- macosx-upload</filename> on the Sourceforge machine (no ncftpput). You now have
+ which creates a gzip'ed tar archive. Sadly, you cannot use <command>make
+ solaris-upload</command> on the Sourceforge machine (no ncftpput). You now have
to manually upload the archive to Sourceforge's ftp server and release
- the file publically
+ the file publicly. Use the release notes and Change Log from the
+ source tarball package.
</para>
- </sect2>
+ </sect3>
- <sect2 id="newrelease-freebsd"><title>FreeBSD</title>
+ <sect3 id="newrelease-windows"><title>Windows</title>
<para>
- Change the version number of <application>Privoxy</application> in the
- configure.in file. Run
- <programlisting>
- autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
- </programlisting>
- Then ...
+ You should ensure you have the latest version of Cygwin (from
+ <ulink url="http://www.cygwin.com/">http://www.cygwin.com/</ulink>).
+ Run the following commands from within a Cygwin bash shell.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ First, <emphasis>make sure that you have freshly exported the right
+ version into an empty directory</emphasis>. (See "Building and releasing
+ packages" above). Then get the Windows setup module:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <programlisting>
+ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ijbswa co winsetup
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Then you can build the package. This is fully automated, and is
+ controlled by <filename>winsetup/GNUmakefile</filename>.
+ All you need to do is:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <programlisting>
+ cd winsetup
+ make
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Now you can manually rename <filename>privoxy_setup.exe</filename> to
+ <filename>privoxy_setup_X_Y_Z.exe</filename>, and upload it to
+ SourceForge. When releasing the package on SourceForge, use the release notes
+ and Change Log from the source tarball package.
+ </para>
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3 id="newrelease-debian"><title>Debian</title>
+ <para>
+ First, <emphasis>make sure that you have freshly exported the
+ right version into an empty directory</emphasis>. (See
+ "Building and releasing packages" above). Then add a log
+ entry to <filename>debian/changelog</filename>, if it is not
+ already there, for example by running:
</para>
<para>
- Login to Sourceforge's compilefarm via ssh
+ <programlisting>
+ debchange -v &p-version;-&p-status;-1 "New upstream version"
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Then, run:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <programlisting>
+ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -b
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This will create
+ <filename>../privoxy_&p-version;-&p-status;-1_i386.deb</filename>
+ which can be uploaded. To upload the package to Sourceforge, simply
+ issue
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <programlisting>
+ make debian-upload
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3 id="newrelease-macosx"><title>Mac OS X</title>
+ <para>
+ First, <emphasis>make sure that you have freshly exported the right
+ version into an empty directory</emphasis>. (See "Building and releasing
+ packages" above). Then get the Mac OS X setup module:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- ssh cf.sourceforge.net
- </programlisting>
+ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ijbswa co osxsetup
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- Choose the right operating system. If you have downloaded Privoxy
- before,
+ Then run:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- cd current && cvs update .
- </programlisting>
- </para>
- <para>
- If not, please <ulink
- url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/user-manual/installation.html#INSTALLATION-SOURCE">checkout
- Privoxy via CVS first</ulink>. Verify the version number in
- <filename>configure.in</filename>. If necessary, change the version
- number. Run
+ cd osxsetup
+ build
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- <programlisting>
- autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
- </programlisting>
+ This will run <filename>autoheader</filename>, <filename>autoconf</filename> and
+ <filename>configure</filename> as well as <filename>make</filename>.
+ Finally, it will copy over the necessary files to the ./osxsetup/files directory
+ for further processing by <filename>PackageMaker</filename>.
</para>
<para>
- Then run
+ Bring up PackageMaker with the PrivoxyPackage.pmsp definition file, modify the package
+ name to match the release, and hit the "Create package" button.
+ If you specify ./Privoxy.pkg as the output package name, you can then create
+ the distributable zip file with the command:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- gmake freebsd-dist
- </programlisting>
+ zip -r privoxyosx_setup_x.y.z.zip Privoxy.pkg
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- which creates a gzip'ed tar archive. Sadly, you cannot use <filename>make
- freebsd-upload</filename> on the Sourceforge machine (no ncftpput). You now have
- to manually upload the archive to Sourceforge's ftp server and release
- the file publically
+ You can then upload <filename>privoxyosx_setup_x.y.z.zip</filename> anonymously to
+ <filename>uploads.sourceforge.net/incoming</filename>,
+ create a release for it, and you're done. Use the release notes
+ and Change Log from the source tarball package.
</para>
- </sect2>
+ </sect3>
- <sect2 id="newrelease-tarball"><title>Tarball</title>
+ <sect3 id="newrelease-freebsd"><title>FreeBSD</title>
<para>
- Ensure that you have the latest code version. Hence run
+ Login to Sourceforge's compile-farm via ssh:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- cvs update .
- </programlisting>
+ ssh cf.sourceforge.net
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- first. If necessary, change the version number of
- <application>Privoxy</application> in the
- <filename>configure.in</filename> file. Run
+ Choose the right operating system.
+ When logged in, <emphasis>make sure that you have freshly exported the right
+ version into an empty directory</emphasis>. (See "Building and releasing
+ packages" above). Then run:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- make clobber
- autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
- </programlisting>
+ cd current
+ autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- Then do
+ Then run:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- make tarball-dist
- </programlisting>
- </para>
- <para>
- To upload the package to Sourceforge, simply issue
+ gmake freebsd-dist
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- <programlisting>
- make tarball-upload
- </programlisting>
+ which creates a gzip'ed tar archive. Sadly, you cannot use <command>make
+ freebsd-upload</command> on the Sourceforge machine (no ncftpput). You now have
+ to manually upload the archive to Sourceforge's ftp server and release
+ the file publicly. Use the release notes and Change Log from the
+ source tarball package.
</para>
- <para>
- Goto the displayed URL and release the file publically on Sourceforge.
- </para>
- </sect2>
+ </sect3>
- <sect2 id="newrelease-hpux"><title>HP-UX 11</title>
+ <sect3 id="newrelease-hpux"><title>HP-UX 11</title>
<para>
- Ensure that you have the latest code version. Hence run
+ First, <emphasis>make sure that you have freshly exported the right
+ version into an empty directory</emphasis>. (See "Building and releasing
+ packages" above). Then run:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- cvs update .
- </programlisting>
- </para>
- <para>
- first. If necessary, change the version number of
- <application>Privoxy</application> in the
- <filename>configure.in</filename> file. Run
- </para>
- <para>
- <programlisting>
- autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
- </programlisting>
+ cd current
+ autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
Then do FIXME.
</para>
- </sect2>
+ </sect3>
- <sect2 id="newrelease-amiga"><title>Amiga OS</title>
+ <sect3 id="newrelease-amiga"><title>Amiga OS</title>
<para>
- Ensure that you have the latest code version. Hence run
- </para>
- <para>
- <programlisting>
- cvs update .
- </programlisting>
- </para>
- <para>
- first. If necessary, change the version number of
- <application>Privoxy</application> in the
- <filename>configure.in</filename> file. Run
+ First, <emphasis>make sure that you have freshly exported the right
+ version into an empty directory</emphasis>. (See "Building and releasing
+ packages" above). Then run:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
- </programlisting>
+ cd current
+ autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
Then do FIXME.
</para>
- </sect2>
+ </sect3>
- <sect2 id="newrelease-aix"><title>AIX</title>
+ <sect3 id="newrelease-aix"><title>AIX</title>
<para>
- Login to Sourceforge's compilefarm via ssh
+ Login to Sourceforge's compilefarm via ssh:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- ssh cf.sourceforge.net
- </programlisting>
- </para>
- <para>
- Choose the right operating system. If you have downloaded Privoxy
- before,
- </para>
- <para>
- <programlisting>
- cd current && cvs update .
- </programlisting>
+ ssh cf.sourceforge.net
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- If not, please <ulink
- url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/user-manual/installation.html#INSTALLATION-SOURCE">checkout
- Privoxy via CVS first</ulink>. Verify the version number in
- <filename>configure.in</filename>. If necessary, change the version
- number. Run
+ Choose the right operating system.
+ When logged in, <emphasis>make sure that you have freshly exported the right
+ version into an empty directory</emphasis>. (See "Building and releasing
+ packages" above). Then run:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
- </programlisting>
+ cd current
+ autoheader && autoconf && ./configure
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- Then run
+ Then run:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting>
- make aix-dist
- </programlisting>
+ make aix-dist
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- which creates a gzip'ed tar archive. Sadly, you cannot use <filename>make
- aix-upload</filename> on the Sourceforge machine (no ncftpput). You now have
+ which creates a gzip'ed tar archive. Sadly, you cannot use <command>make
+ aix-upload</command> on the Sourceforge machine (no ncftpput). You now have
to manually upload the archive to Sourceforge's ftp server and release
- the file publically
+ the file publicly. Use the release notes and Change Log from the
+ source tarball package.
</para>
- </sect2>
+ </sect3>
+ </sect2>
- </sect1>
-
- <!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
- <sect1 id="contact"><title>Contact the developers</title>
+ <sect2 id="releasing">
+ <title>Uploading and Releasing Your Package</title>
+ <para>
+ After the package is ready, it is time to upload it
+ to SourceForge, and go through the release steps. The upload
+ is done via FTP:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Upload to: <ulink url="ftp://upload.sourceforge.net/incoming">ftp://upload.sourceforge.net/incoming</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ user: <literal>anonymous</literal>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ password: <literal>ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net</literal>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Or use the <command>make</command> targets as described above.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Once this done go to <ulink
+ url="https://sourceforge.net/project/admin/editpackages.php?group_id=11118"
+ >https://sourceforge.net/project/admin/editpackages.php?group_id=11118</ulink>,
+ making sure you are logged in. Find your target platform in the
+ second column, and click <literal>Add Release</literal>. You will
+ then need to create a new release for your package, using the format
+ of <literal>$VERSION ($CODE_STATUS)</literal>, e.g. <emphasis>&p-version;
+ (beta)</emphasis>.
+ </para>
<para>
- Please see the contact page in the <ulink
- url="../user-manual/contact.html">user-manual</ulink> for details.
+ Now just follow the prompts. Be sure to add any appropriate Release
+ notes. You should see your freshly uploaded packages in
+ <quote>Step 2. Add Files To This Release</quote>. Check the
+ appropriate box(es). Remember at each step to hit the
+ <quote>Refresh/Submit</quote> buttons! You should now see your
+ file(s) listed in Step 3. Fill out the forms with the appropriate
+ information for your platform, being sure to hit <quote>Update</quote>
+ for each file. If anyone is monitoring your platform, check the
+ <quote>email</quote> box at the very bottom to notify them of
+ the new package. This should do it!
</para>
+ <para>
+ If you have made errors, or need to make changes, you can go through
+ essentially the same steps, but select <literal>Edit Release</literal>,
+ instead of <literal>Add Release</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="afterrelease">
+ <title>After the Release</title>
+ <para>
+ When all (or: most of the) packages have been uploaded and made available,
+ send an email to the <ulink url="mailto:ijbswa-announce@lists.sourceforge.net">announce
+ mailing list</ulink>, Subject: "Version X.Y.Z available for download". Be sure to
+ include the
+ <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118">download
+ location</ulink>, the release notes and the Changelog. Also, post an
+ updated News item on the project page Sourceforge, and update the Home
+ page and docs linked from the Home page (see below). Other news sites
+ and release oriented sites, such as Freshmeat, should also be notified.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
</sect1>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
- <sect1 id="copyright"><title>Copyright and History</title>
- <para>
- Please see the <ulink
- url="../user-manual/copyright.html#HISTORY">user-manual</ulink> for
- information on Copyright and History.
- </para>
+ <sect1 id="webserver-update"><title>Update the Webserver</title>
+ <para>
+ The webserver should be updated at least with each stable release. When
+ updating, please follow these steps to make sure that no broken links,
+ inconsistent contents or permission problems will occur (as it has many
+ times in the past!):
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you have changed anything in the stable-branch documentation source
+ SGML files, do:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <programlisting>
+ make dok dok-pdf # (or 'make redhat-dok dok-pdf' if 'make dok' doesn't work for you)
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ That will generate <filename>doc/webserver/user-manual</filename>,
+ <filename>doc/webserver/developer-manual</filename>,
+ <filename>doc/webserver/faq</filename>,
+ <filename>doc/pdf/*.pdf</filename> and
+ <filename>doc/webserver/index.html</filename> automatically.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you changed the manual page sources, generate
+ <filename>doc/webserver/man-page/privoxy-man-page.html</filename>
+ by running <quote><command>make man</command></quote>. (This is
+ a separate target due to dependencies on some obscure perl scripts
+ [now in CVS, but not well tested]. See comments in <filename>GNUmakefile</filename>.)
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you want to add new files to the webserver, create them locally in
+ the <filename>doc/webserver/*</filename> directory (or
+ create new directories under <filename>doc/webserver</filename>).
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Next, commit any changes from the above steps to CVS. All set?
+ If these are docs in the stable branch, then do:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <programlisting>
+ make webserver
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This will do the upload to <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/">the
+ webserver</ulink> (www.privoxy.org) and ensure all files and directories
+ there are group writable.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Please do <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> use any other means of transferring
+ files to the webserver to avoid permission problems. Also, please do not
+ upload docs from development branches or versions. The publicly posted
+ docs should be in sync with the last official release.
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+ <sect1 id="contact"><title>Contacting the developers, Bug Reporting and Feature Requests</title>
+<!-- Include contacting.sgml -->
+ &contacting;
+<!-- end contacting -->
</sect1>
+
+<!-- ~~~~~~~~ New section Header ~~~~~~~~~ -->
+<sect1 id="copyright"><title>Privoxy Copyright, License and History</title>
+
+<!-- Include copyright.sgml -->
+ ©right;
+<!-- end -->
+
+<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+<sect2><title>License</title>
+<!-- Include copyright.sgml: -->
+ &license;
+<!-- end copyright -->
+</sect2>
+<!-- ~ End section ~ -->
+
+<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+<sect2><title>History</title>
+<!-- Include history.sgml -->
+ &history;
+<!-- end -->
+</sect2>
+
+</sect1>
+
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<sect1 id="seealso"><title>See also</title>
- <para>
- Please see the <ulink
- url="../user-manual/seealso.html">user-manual</ulink> for others
- references.
- </para>
+<!-- Include seealso.sgml -->
+ &seealso;
+<!-- end -->
+
</sect1>
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$Log: developer-manual.sgml,v $
+ Revision 2.29 2009/06/12 14:30:58 fabiankeil
+ Update entities for 3.0.13 beta.
+
+ Revision 2.28 2009/05/16 13:27:21 fabiankeil
+ Remove CVS revision logs. TODO item #33.
+
+ Revision 2.27 2009/02/19 02:20:22 hal9
+ Make some links in seealso conditional. Man page is now privoxy only links.
+
+ Revision 2.26 2009/02/12 16:08:26 fabiankeil
+ Declare the code stable.
+
+ Revision 2.25 2009/02/12 15:37:05 fabiankeil
+ Update templates.
+
+ Revision 2.24 2009/01/13 16:50:35 fabiankeil
+ The standard.action file is gone.
+
+ Revision 2.23 2008/09/26 17:02:01 fabiankeil
+ - Break some more CVS substitutions in examples.
+ - Remove Junkbusters reference in example header
+ for new files.
+
+ Revision 2.22 2008/08/30 15:37:35 fabiankeil
+ Update entities.
+
+ Revision 2.21 2008/08/16 08:51:28 fabiankeil
+ Update version-related entities.
+
+ Revision 2.20 2008/06/14 13:21:24 fabiankeil
+ Prepare for the upcoming 3.0.9 beta release.
+
+ Revision 2.19 2008/05/12 11:13:33 fabiankeil
+ Clarify that Privoxy is licensed under GPL version 2.
+
+ Revision 2.18 2008/02/04 12:14:06 fabiankeil
+ Change "Edit Packages" URL to use https.
+
+ Revision 2.17 2008/02/03 21:37:41 hal9
+ Apply patch from Mark: s/OSX/OS X/
+
+ Revision 2.16 2008/01/19 17:52:38 hal9
+ Re-commit to fix various minor issues for new release.
+
+ Revision 2.15 2008/01/19 15:03:05 hal9
+ Doc sources tagged for 3.0.8 release.
+
+ Revision 2.14 2008/01/17 01:49:51 hal9
+ Change copyright notice for docs s/2007/2008/. All these will be rebuilt soon
+ enough.
+
+ Revision 2.13 2007/10/30 17:59:31 fabiankeil
+ - Bump p-version, p-status and copyright date.
+ - Mention that the manual is out of date.
+ - Don't use examples with HardToReadCamelCase after
+ explaining that we actually don't like that.
+ - Minor cosmetics.
+
+ Revision 2.12 2006/11/14 01:57:46 hal9
+ Dump all docs prior to 3.0.6 release. Various minor changes to faq and user
+ manual.
+
+ Revision 2.11 2006/09/26 02:36:29 hal9
+ Fix broken link per bug tracker.
+
+ Revision 2.10 2006/09/22 01:27:55 hal9
+ Final commit of probably various minor changes here and there. Unless
+ something changes this should be ready for pending release.
+
+ Revision 2.9 2006/09/14 02:30:07 hal9
+ Fix ijbswa cvs links. Update notes on release process, and which config files
+ should be overwritten and which not.
+
+ Revision 2.8 2006/08/22 23:35:01 hal9
+ Fix email address, cvs URI, address branching changes and various other
+ small updates.
+
+ Revision 2.7 2006/07/18 14:48:50 david__schmidt
+ Reorganizing the repository: swapping out what was HEAD (the old 3.1 branch)
+ with what was really the latest development (the v_3_0_branch branch)
+
+ Revision 1.46.2.11 2002/12/11 13:12:15 hal9
+ Rewrite cvs write access give-away section.
+
+ Revision 1.46.2.10 2002/09/26 21:53:45 hal9
+ Changes to reflect recent change in stable branch commit policy (hopefully
+ clearer now).
+
+ Revision 1.46.2.9 2002/09/26 01:21:40 hal9
+ Porting 3.1.1 changes: more on cvs and branches, more on versions and
+ releases.
+
+ Revision 1.46.2.8 2002/08/17 00:16:10 hal9
+ Add note on updating webserver for User-manual/CGI editor, which is version
+ dependent (and different from main UM link).
+
+ Revision 1.46.2.7 2002/08/14 17:29:25 hal9
+ Add small notes on post-release steps, and uploading docs to webserver.
+
+ Revision 1.46.2.6 2002/08/10 11:40:25 oes
+ Added disclaimer about probably being out-of-date and two small hints
+
+ Revision 1.46.2.5 2002/08/09 01:15:12 hal9
+ Added some notes on pre-release steps (test builds first, update ChangeLog).
+
+ Revision 1.46.2.4 2002/05/29 00:30:59 mal0rd
+ Fixed a little formatting. Clarified debian section.
+
+ Revision 1.46.2.3 2002/05/28 04:32:45 hal9
+ Change hints on bundling index.html to privoxy-index.html
+
+ Revision 1.46.2.2 2002/05/26 17:04:24 hal9
+ -Spellcheck, very minor edits, and sync across branches
+
+ Revision 1.48 2002/05/26 12:48:31 roro
+ Add releasing information about Debian.
+
+ Revision 1.47 2002/05/26 04:55:11 mal0rd
+ Added debian-dist and debian-upload targets. Also documented usage.
+
+ Revision 1.46 2002/05/22 17:15:00 oes
+ Updated intro
+
+ Revision 1.45 2002/05/19 23:01:54 hal9
+ Add small section on general packaging guidelines (e.g. actions files must
+ be writable).
+
+ Revision 1.44 2002/05/15 03:55:17 hal9
+ Fix ulink -> link, and minor modification to release process section for
+ clarification.
+
+ Revision 1.43 2002/05/10 01:48:19 hal9
+ This is mostly proposed copyright/licensing additions and changes. Docs
+ are still GPL, but licensing and copyright are more visible. Also, copyright
+ changed in doc header comments (eliminate references to JB except FAQ).
+
+ Revision 1.42 2002/05/05 20:26:02 hal9
+ Sorting out license vs copyright in these docs.
+
+ Revision 1.41 2002/05/04 08:44:44 swa
+ bumped version
+
+ Revision 1.40 2002/05/04 00:43:43 hal9
+ -Remove TOC/first page kludge with proper stylesheet fix.
+ -Combined the two very brief sections: Intro and Quickstart.
+
+ Revision 1.39 2002/05/02 15:08:25 oes
+ Added explanation about version numbers and RPM package revisions
+
+ Revision 1.38 2002/04/29 02:20:31 hal9
+ Add info on steps for uploading and the release process on SF.
+
+ Revision 1.37 2002/04/26 17:23:29 swa
+ bookmarks cleaned, changed structure of user manual, screen and programlisting cleanups, and numerous other changes that I forgot
+
+ Revision 1.36 2002/04/26 05:25:23 hal9
+ Mass commit to catch a few scattered fixes.
+
+ Revision 1.35 2002/04/17 15:16:15 oes
+ Added link to docbook crash course
+
+ Revision 1.34 2002/04/15 23:39:32 oes
+ - Extended & fixed the release section
+ - Added CVS guideline sections
+ - Separated webserver section from release section
+ - Commented out boilerplate inclusion (If you don't know yet what it is,
+ you shouldn't mess with its code ;-)
+ - Nits & fixes
+
+ Revision 1.33 2002/04/12 03:49:53 hal9
+ Spell checked. Clarification on where docs are kept.
+
+ Revision 1.32 2002/04/11 21:29:58 jongfoster
+ Documenting Win32 release procedure
+
+ Revision 1.31 2002/04/11 09:32:52 oes
+ more nits
+
+ Revision 1.30 2002/04/11 09:24:53 oes
+ nits
+
+ Revision 1.29 2002/04/10 18:45:14 swa
+ generated
+
+ Revision 1.28 2002/04/08 22:59:26 hal9
+ Version update. Spell chkconfig correctly :)
+
+ Revision 1.27 2002/04/08 15:31:18 hal9
+ Touch ups to documentation section.
+
+ Revision 1.26 2002/04/07 23:50:08 hal9
+ Documentation changes to reflect HTML docs now in CVS, and new generated files
+ list.
+
+ Revision 1.25 2002/04/06 05:07:28 hal9
+ -Add privoxy-man-page.sgml, for man page.
+ -Add authors.sgml for AUTHORS (and p-authors.sgml)
+ -Reworked various aspects of various docs.
+ -Added additional comments to sub-docs.
+
+ Revision 1.24 2002/04/04 21:33:37 hal9
+ More on documenting the documents.
+
+ Revision 1.23 2002/04/04 18:46:47 swa
+ consistent look. reuse of copyright, history et. al.
+
+ Revision 1.22 2002/04/04 17:27:56 swa
+ more single file to be included at multiple points. make maintaining easier
+
+ Revision 1.21 2002/04/04 06:48:37 hal9
+ Structural changes to allow for conditional inclusion/exclusion of content
+ based on entity toggles, e.g. 'entity % p-not-stable "INCLUDE"'. And
+ definition of internal entities, e.g. 'entity p-version "2.9.13"' that will
+ eventually be set by Makefile.
+ More boilerplate text for use across multiple docs.
+
+ Revision 1.20 2002/04/04 03:28:27 david__schmidt
+ Add Mac OS X section
+
+ Revision 1.19 2002/04/03 15:09:42 david__schmidt
+ Add OS/2 build section
+
+ Revision 1.18 2002/04/03 03:51:48 hal9
+ Touch ups.
+
+ Revision 1.17 2002/04/03 01:21:17 hal9
+ Implementing Andreas's suggestions for Release sections.
+
+ Revision 1.16 2002/03/31 23:04:40 hal9
+ Fleshed out the doc section, and added something for an intro so it was not
+ blank.
+
Revision 1.15 2002/03/30 22:29:47 swa
wrong make flavour