diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b4717409 --- /dev/null +++ b/CONTRIBUTING @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +Contributions to ponysay is greatly appreciated. + +-- Populate Equestria -- + +Ponysay will always need contributors to draw ponies +both from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and +other My Little Pony shows and fan media. + +For a guide on this matter please refer to the info +[PDF] manual section Contributing::Providing Ponies. + + +-- Maintain the Canterlot Library -- + +The info manual is constantly updated, and will always +need to be reviewed. The info manual is written in +ponified British "-ise" Longish, if this does not hold +for a section in the manual, or if it contains typos, +spellos, or can in general be better formulated. Please +send a patch or mention so in a commit comment. + +Additionally the [tex]info manual is primarily check +in the PDF version, as it is believed to be the most +common way to view the manual. If you discover that +the info version or the HTML version looks differently, +Please send a patch or mention so in a commit comment. + +Although translations of the primary manual (the PDF) +may not be piratically due to its constant updating, +translations of the man page manual are useful if you +speak a language from where good understanding of +English is not common at all ages. + + +-- Make new magic spells and improve existing ones -- + +If you want to make contributions to the pony code +itself, just make a pull request, their are much, +style-wise, to think about. However, please try to +document every new method, function and class in the +same manner is the already existing ones. Maintainability +is also important, try not to write obscure superoptimised +code, unless it is actually necessary; and comment +code segment's when it seems appropriate. +