1 = Ruby TDB Hacker's Guide
5 We target C Ruby 1.9.3+ and (time permitting) Rubinius and their respective C
8 All of our C code should be compatible with all reasonably modern Unices
9 and should run on compilers supported by the versions of Ruby we target.
11 We will NEVER support non-Free platforms under any circumstances.
13 Our C code follows K&R indentation style (hard tabs, tabs are always 8
14 characters wide) and NOT the indentation style of Matz Ruby.
18 Contributions are welcome in the form of patches, pull requests, code
19 review, testing, documentation, user support or any other feedback. The
20 {Ruby TDB public inbox}[mailto:ruby-tdb-public@yhbt.net] is the
21 coordination point for all user and developer feedback and bug reports.
23 === Submitting Patches
25 Follow conventions already established in the code and do not exceed 80
28 Inline patches (from "git format-patch -M") to the mailing list are
29 preferred because they allow code review and comments in the reply to
32 We will adhere to mostly the same conventions for patch submissions as
33 git itself. See the Documentation/SubmittingPatches document
34 distributed with git on on patch submission guidelines to follow. Just
35 don't email the git mailing list or maintainer with Ruby TDB patches :)
37 === Mailing list rules
39 * Do not {top post}[http://catb.org/jargon/html/T/top-post.html] in replies
40 * Quote only the relevant portions of the message you're replying to
41 * Do not send HTML mail, they will be mercilessly deleted.
43 When referencing mailing list posts, use
44 <tt>https://yhbt.net/ruby-tdb-public/<$MESSAGE_ID>/</tt> since the
45 Message-ID remains searchable even if a particular site becomes unavailable.
47 == Running Development Versions
49 It is easy to install the contents of your git working directory:
51 Via RubyGems (RubyGems 1.3.5+ recommended for prerelease versions):
55 Without RubyGems (via setup.rb):
59 It is not at all recommended to mix a RubyGems installation with an
60 installation done without RubyGems, however.