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This is the README file for Subsurface 4.4 Beta 3
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Please check the ReleaseNotes.txt for details about new features and
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changes since Subsurface 4.3
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Subsurface can be found at http://subsurface-divelog.org
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Our user forum is at http://subsurface-divelog.org/user-forum/
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We also try to respond to questions in the ScubaBoard.com dive software
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forum at http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/dive-software/
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Report bugs and issues at http://trac.subsurface-divelog.org
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License: GPLv2
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You can get the sources to the latest development version from the git
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repository:
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git clone git://git.subsurface-divelog.org/subsurface.git .
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You can also browse the sources via gitweb at the same site.
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If you want the latest release (instead of the bleeding edge
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development version) you can either get this via git or the release tar
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ball. After cloning run the following command:
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git checkout v4.3 (or whatever the last release is)
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or download a tar ball from:
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http://subsurface-divelog.org/downloads/Subsurface-4.3.tgz
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Detailed build instructions can be found in the INSTALL file.
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Basic Usage:
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Install and start from the desktop, or you can run it locally from the
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build directory:
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On Linux:
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$ ./subsurface
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On Mac:
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$ open Subsurface.app
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Native builds on Windows are not really supported (the official Windows
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installers are both cross-built on Linux).
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You can give a data file as command line argument, or (once you have
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set this up in the Preferences) Subsurface picks a default file for
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you when started from the desktop or without an argument.
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If you have a dive computer supported by libdivecomputer, you can just
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select "Import from Divecomputer" from the "Import" menu, select which
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dive computer you have (and where it is connected if you need to), and
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hit "OK".
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The latest list of supported dive computers can be found in the file
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SupportedDivecomputers.txt.
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Much more detailed end user instructions can be found from inside
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Subsurface by selecting Help (typically F1). When building from source
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this is also available as Documentation/user-manual.html. The
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documentation for the latest release is also available on-line
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http://subsurface-divelog.org/documentation/
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Contributing:
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=============
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There is a mailing list for developers: subsurface@subsurface-divelog.org
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Go to http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface
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to subscribe.
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If you want to contribute code, please either send signed-off patches or
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a pull request with signed-off commits. If you don't sign off on them,
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we will not accept them. This means adding a line that says
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"Signed-off-by: Name <email>" at the end of each commit, indicating that
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you wrote the code and have the right to pass it on as an open source
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patch.
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See: http://developercertificate.org/
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Also, please write good git commit messages. A good commit message
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looks like this:
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Header line: explain the commit in one line (use the imperative)
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Body of commit message is a few lines of text, explaining things
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in more detail, possibly giving some background about the issue
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being fixed, etc etc.
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The body of the commit message can be several paragraphs, and
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please do proper word-wrap and keep columns shorter than about
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74 characters or so. That way "git log" will show things
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nicely even when it's indented.
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Make sure you explain your solution and why you're doing what you're
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doing, as opposed to describing what you're doing. Reviewers and your
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future self can read the patch, but might not understand why a
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particular solution was implemented.
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Reported-by: whoever-reported-it
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Signed-off-by: Your Name <youremail@yourhost.com>
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where that header line really should be meaningful, and really should be
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just one line. That header line is what is shown by tools like gitk and
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shortlog, and should summarize the change in one readable line of text,
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independently of the longer explanation. Please use verbs in the
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imperative in the commit message, as in "Fix bug that...", "Add
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file/feature ...", or "Make Subsurface..."
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A bit of Subsurface history:
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In fall of 2011, when a forced lull in kernel development gave him an
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opportunity to start on a new endeavor, Linus Torvalds decided to tackle
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his frustration with the lack of decent divelog software on Linux.
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Subsurface is the result of the work of him and a team of developers since
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then. It now supports Linux, Windows and MacOS and allows data import from
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a large number of dive computers and several existing divelog programs. It
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provides advanced visualization of the key information provided by a
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modern dive computer and allows the user to track a wide variety of data
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about their diving.
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In fall of 2012 Dirk Hohndel took over as maintainer of Subsurface.
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