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- $Id: README.FIRST 1.4 1996/07/20 09:06:23 heinz Exp $
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- You have found a selection of texts containing very important
- information about development for AmigaOS. They also contain old
- and NEW rules for good development. Adhering to these rules is
- vital for future enhancements to the OS and for portability to new
- CPU architectures. READ THEM! Any violation of these rules will
- reduce the chances that your SW will run on an Amiga of the next
- generation faster than you can say "Broken".
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- Amiga Technologies will no longer tolerate knowingly any violation
- of safe established and specified programming practices. Hacks,
- fiddling with undocumented features, empirical programming, and the
- like will definitely make your SW and probably more crash on a
- future Amiga.
-
- YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
-
-
- We plan to set up a public "black list" of incompatibilities and
- bad development practices for all products related to the Amiga,
- old or new. Please support this effort and inform us about known
- problems with detailed bug reports! <bugs@amiga.de> is the
- appropriate bug report email address.
-
- These texts will be updated and improved to keep you up to date
- once in a while. Note well, that these texts may not be the final
- word about things, even though they should give a strong indication
- of where to go.
-
- NOTE: All of the information in this directory is copyrighted but freely
- redistributable in unmodified form. You may give it to anyone
- who might need it!
-
- You may want to check periodically if some documents have been
- updated by looking at their Id within the first few lines. Some
- rules and hints may get a lot more precise in future versions of
- the documents. So always try to play it safe if you ecounter
- something that feels fuzzy to you. Software and hardware
- development is often an evolving craft dealing with evolving
- things, so try to look ahead and stay future compatible. Feedback
- is very welcome. If you have any questions, please include a copy
- of the Id of the document you are referring to.
-
- Heinz Wrobel
- <heinz@amiga.de>
-