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Historically, libnm claimed to be LGPL-2.0+ licensed. But as keep mixing that with LGPL-2.1+ code (e.g. from systemd), so probably even the parts that claimed to be LGPL-2.0+, were not entirely correctly doing so. Anyway, since we switched to SPDX license identifiers, we now claim everywhere that the right license is LGPL-2.1+. Update the comment to reflect that.
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Guidelines for Contributing
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===========================
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Coding Standard
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---------------
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Coding standards are generally GNOME coding standards, with these exceptions:
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a) 4 space tabs (_not_ 8-space tabs)
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b) REAL tabs (_not_ a mix of tabs and spaces in the initial indent)
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c) spaces used to align continuation lines past the indent point of the
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first statement line, like so:
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if ( some_really_really_long_variable_name
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&& another_really_really_long_variable_name) {
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...
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}
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* Keep a space between the function name and the opening '('.
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GOOD: g_strdup (x)
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BAD: g_strdup(x)
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* C-style comments
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GOOD: f(x); /* comment */
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BAD: f(x); // comment
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* Keep assignments in the variable declaration area pretty short.
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GOOD: MyObject *object;
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BAD: MyObject *object = complex_and_long_init_function(arg1, arg2, arg3);
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* 80-cols is a guideline, don't make the code uncomfortable in order to fit in
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less than 80 cols.
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* Constants are CAPS_WITH_UNDERSCORES and use the preprocessor.
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GOOD: #define MY_CONSTANT 42
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BAD: static const unsigned myConstant = 42;
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Legal
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-----
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NetworkManager is partly licensed under terms of GNU Lesser General Public License
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version 2 or later (LGPL-2.1+). That is for example the case for libnm.
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For historical reasons, the daemon itself is licensed under terms of GNU General
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Public License, version 2 or later (GPL-2.0+). See the license comment in the source
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files.
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Note that all new contributions to NetworkManager MUST be made under terms of
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LGPL-2.1+, that is also the case for parts that are currently licensed GPL-2.0+.
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The reason for that is that we might eventually relicense everything as LGPL and
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new contributions already must agree with that future change.
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Assertions in NetworkManager code
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---------------------------------
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There are different kind of assertions. Use the one that is appropriate.
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1) g_return_*() from glib. This is usually enabled in release builds and
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can be disabled with G_DISABLE_CHECKS define. This uses g_log() with
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G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL level (which allows the program to continue,
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unless G_DEBUG=fatal-criticals or G_DEBUG=fatal-warnings is set). As such,
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this is usually the preferred way for assertions that are supposed to be
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enabled by default.
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Optimally, after a g_return_*() failure the program can still continue. This is
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also the reason why g_return_*() is preferable over g_assert().
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For example, that is often not given for functions that return a GError, because
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g_return_*() will return failure without setting the error output. That often leads
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to a crash immidiately after, because the caller requires the GError to be set.
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Make a reasonable effort so that an assertion failure may allow the process
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to proceed. But don't put too much effort in it. After all, it's an assertion
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failure that is not supposed to happen either way.
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2) nm_assert() from NetworkManager. This is disabled by default in release
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builds, but enabled if you build --with-more-assertions. See "WITH_MORE_ASSERTS"
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define. This is preferred for assertions that are expensive to check or
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nor necessary to check frequently. It's also for conditions that can easily
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verified to be true and where future refactoring is unlikley to break that
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condition.
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Use this deliberately and assume it is removed from production builds.
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3) g_assert() from glib. This is used in unit tests and commonly enabled
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in release builds. It can be disabled with G_DISABLE_ASSERT assert
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define. Since this results in a hard crash on assertion failure, you
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should almost always prefer g_return_*() over this (except in unit tests).
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4) assert() from <assert.h>. It is usually enabled in release builds and
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can be disabled with NDEBUG define. Don't use it in NetworkManager,
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it's basically like g_assert().
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5) g_log() from glib. These are always compiled in, depending on the logging level
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these are assertions too. G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR aborts the program, G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL
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logs a critical warning (like g_return_*(), see G_DEBUG=fatal-criticals)
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and G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING logs a warning (see G_DEBUG=fatal-warnings).
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G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG level is usually not printed, unless G_MESSAGES_DEBUG environment
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is set.
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In general, avoid using g_log() in NetworkManager. We have nm-logging instead
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which logs to syslog/systemd-journald.
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From a library like libnm it might make sense to log warnings (if someting
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is really wrong) or debug messages. But better don't. If it's important,
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find a way to report the notification via the API to the caller. If it's
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not important, keep silent.
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In particular, don't use levels G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL and G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING because
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these are effectively assertions and we want to run with G_DEBUG=fatal-warnings.
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6) g_warn_if_*() from glib. These are always compiled in and log a G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING
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warning. Don't use this.
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7) G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST() from glib. Unless building with "WITH_MORE_ASSERTS",
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we set G_DISABLE_CAST_CHECKS. This means, cast macros like NM_DEVICE(ptr)
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translate to plain C pointer casts. Use such cast macros deliberately, in production
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code they are cheap, with more asserts enabled the check that the pointer type is
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suitable.
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Of course, every assertion failure is a bug, and calling it must have no side effects.
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Theoretically, you are welcome to disable G_DISABLE_CHECKS and G_DISABLE_ASSERT
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in production builds. In practice, nobody tests such a configuration, so beware.
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For testing, you also want to run NetworkManager with environment variable
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G_DEBUG=fatal-warnings to crash upon G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL and G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING
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g_log() message. NetworkManager won't use these levels for regular logging
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but for assertions.
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