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+=================
+DEVELOPMENT NOTES
+=================
+
+:Last update:   $Date: 2007-12-18 14:32:42 +0100 (Di, 18 Dez 2007) $
+:Revision:      $Revision: 8 $
+:Contact:       p@rdus.de
+
+Changes
+-------
+
+ 1) Any change should get a short ChangeLog entry.  
+
+ 2) Bigger changes, feature enhancements and closed bugs go into
+    CHANGES
+
+ 3) The RELEASE_NOTES should contain a summary for the current release
+    as well as a list of enhancements and closed bugs.
+
+
+Versions
+--------
+
+ The version number is being recorded in layman/version.py.
+
+ The version number for release packages has three numbers.
+
+ SVN versions should have the date of the last commit appended.
+
+
+Authors
+-------
+
+ Please do not forget to add new authors or contributors within
+ AUTHORS.
+
+
+Release management
+------------------
+
+ No instructions yet.
+
+
+Branches
+--------
+
+ No branches yet.
+
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+ The documentation can be found as man page in layman/doc. The source
+ file layman/doc/layman.8.xml is in DocBook format.
+
+
+Testing
+-------
+
+The central testing script is llayman/tests/dtest.py
+
+To run the tests, move into the layman root directory and run
+
+ PYTHONPATH="." python layman/tests/dtest.py
+
+The tests should not fail.
+
+