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authorJason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>2014-06-16 08:12:08 -0400
committerJason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>2014-06-16 08:12:08 -0400
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Started work on a developer guide.
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+================================
+Developer's Guide for Setuptools
+================================
+
+If you want to know more about contributing on Setuptools, this is the place.
+
+
+.. contents:: **Table of Contents**
+
+
+----------------------
+Repository and Tracker
+----------------------
+
+...
+
+.. git mirror
+
+-----------------
+Authoring Tickets
+-----------------
+
+...
+
+------------------------
+Submitting Pull Requests
+------------------------
+
+Use Mercurial bookmarks or Git branches. Use incremental commits. Minimize
+stylistic changes.
+
+-------------------
+Semantic Versioning
+-------------------
+
+Setuptools follows ``semver`` with some exceptions:
+
+- Uses two-segment version when three segment version ends in zero
+- Omits 'v' prefix for tags.
+
+.. explain value of reflecting meaning in versions.
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@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ setuptools changes. You have been warned.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
+ .. developer-guide
formats
releases