BEFORE YOU START

* Subscribe to the panotools-devel mailing list and the commits
  mailing list

https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/panotools-cvs

* Discussions regarding the development of libpano should take place
  in the developers mailing list.

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* Release management

 -- Bruno has been mostly responsible for this, and has done a good
    job. But I believe that many of us (me particularly) have step on
    his toes and mess his release cycle. 

   Bruno, do you want to add something regarding this?

* For any changes:

 -- Before you start the work, please notify us in the panotools-devel
   mailing list of your intentions. the message does not to be long, but
   at least it should contain:

   * Objective
   * An expected timeline
   * Impact (change in functionality, configuration management, fix
     error, etc)

   This will avoid conflict with others.

 -- For each commit:

  * Well documented ChangeLog: list files changes, and what the work
    was. 

  * Send the delta of the ChangeLog to the mailist list to inform others
    of your progress with respect to your intended timeline (whe more 

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FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHANGES

* Changes to configuration files (Cmake, autoconf, automake, etc).

  -- Do the changes, commit them, and ask for others to test in
     different architectures/OSs.

* Bug fixes including compiler warnings.

  -- Do the changes, test the build using make check, and commit. 

* New features

  -- Discuss them in advance in the list. We should determine if a
     branch is required, or the work can be incrementally done without
     affecting reliability.

* Documentation

  -- Do the changes, commit them.