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-*- mode: outline; coding: utf-8 -*-
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                      Ideal software development model.
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* Open source.
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Open source development have much freedom select any development model.
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* Close source.
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Close source sortware development restrict in using models, technic or
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software resources; restrict their public appear because of its proprietary
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nature.
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In many case you can not directly contact with developers (only through
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support). You can not access to product bug tracing system (you only can
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submit bug via crash report application or technical support); publicly appear
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internal bug tracing can damage product reputation. Internal
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architecture/protocol description can drop leading product position (allowing
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another party get same product and get company money).
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* Component.
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 * Docs.
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 * VCS.
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 * Bug track.
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 * News.
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** Docs.
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Documentation must provide:
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** Home page.
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Home page must provide:
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 * project name
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 * short info about project goal
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 * project licence (COPYING)
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 * currect project status
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 * links to binary release
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 * links to source release, how to get latest source from VCS
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 * links to online/printed docs
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 * how report bug (BUGS)
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 * where send patch
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 * contact info
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Additionally:
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 * help welcome, requirement to join to project
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 * mail/news list for users/developers, how to subscribe/unsubscribe, where
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   find archive, how search for keyword in archive
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 * project history (NEWS, ChangeLog)
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 * project policy (HACKING)
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 * how build project (README, INSTALL)
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 * list of contributor with contact info (MAINTAINERS, AUTHORS)
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 * who use project
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** VCS.
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TAGS: VCS, version control system, SCM, source code management, DVCS,
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      distributed version control system.
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 * CVS
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 * SVN
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 * Mercurial (hg)
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 * git
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 * bazaar
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*** CVS
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*** SVN
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*** Mercurial (hg)
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*** bazaar
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