From c6882955b6aa7ec611e1ab6c3e4c75da6508889f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:25:36 -0800
Subject: doc: add HACKING document

It was referenced in the README and not included for some
reason.
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+= Ruby TDB Hacker's Guide
+
+=== Code Compatibility
+
+We target Ruby 1.9.2 and eventually Rubinius 1.1+ and their respective C
+APIs.
+
+All of our C code should be compatible with all reasonably modern Unices
+and should run on compilers supported by the versions of Ruby we target.
+
+We will NEVER support non-Free platforms under any circumstances.
+
+Our C code follows K&R indentation style (hard tabs, tabs are always 8
+characters wide) and NOT the indentation style of Matz Ruby.
+
+== Contributing
+
+Contributions are welcome in the form of patches, pull requests, code
+review, testing, documentation, user support or any other feedback.  The
+{Ruby TDB mailing list}[mailto:ruby.tdb@librelist.org] is the central
+coordination point for all user and developer feedback and bug reports.
+
+=== Submitting Patches
+
+Follow conventions already established in the code and do not exceed 80
+characters per line.
+
+Inline patches (from "git format-patch -M") to the mailing list are
+preferred because they allow code review and comments in the reply to
+the patch.
+
+We will adhere to mostly the same conventions for patch submissions as
+git itself.  See the Documentation/SubmittingPatches document
+distributed with git on on patch submission guidelines to follow.  Just
+don't email the git mailing list or maintainer with Ruby TDB patches :)
+
+=== Mailing list rules
+
+* Do not {top post}[http://catb.org/jargon/html/T/top-post.html] in replies
+* Quote only the relevant portions of the message you're replying to
+* Do not send HTML mail, they will be mercilessly deleted.
+
+When referencing mailing list posts, use
+"http://mid.gmane.org/$MESSAGE_ID" if possible since the Message-ID
+remains searchable even if Gmane becomes unavailable.
+
+== Running Development Versions
+
+It is easy to install the contents of your git working directory:
+
+Via RubyGems (RubyGems 1.3.5+ recommended for prerelease versions):
+
+  gmake install-gem
+
+Without RubyGems (via setup.rb):
+
+  gmake install
+
+It is not at all recommended to mix a RubyGems installation with an
+installation done without RubyGems, however.
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