HACKING: Change format to MarkDown

* HACKING: Converted initially from LaTeX to markdown with:

  'pandoc -f latex -t markdown HACKING.tex'

  Then tweaked by hand to add a header with some suitable variables for the
  pandoc LaTeX template to make better use of the page space, and to add
  newpages so the title page is standalone as in the previous version.

  Also went through and reflowed paragraphs best as I could to make them
  match the previous document, to make it a little easier to verify nothing
  had been changed other than the markup, via diff.

  PDF can be generated with: 'pandoc  -o HACKING.pdf HACKING.md'

1 files changed, 267 insertions, 300 deletions

diff --git a/HACKING.md b/HACKING.md
index be86ae18..3a449da7 100644
--- a/HACKING.md
+++ b/HACKING.md
@@ -1,30 +1,26 @@
-%% -*- mode: text; -*-
-%% $QuaggaId: Format:%an, %ai, %h$ $
-
-\documentclass[oneside]{article}
-\usepackage{parskip}
-\usepackage[bookmarks,colorlinks=true]{hyperref}
-
-\title{Conventions for working on Quagga}
-
-\begin{document}
-\maketitle
-
-This is a living document. Suggestions for updates, via the
-\href{http://lists.quagga.net/mailman/listinfo/quagga-dev}{quagga-dev list},
-are welcome.
-
-\tableofcontents
+---
+title: Conventions for working on Quagga 
+papersize: a4paper
+geometry: scale=0.82
+fontsize: 11pt
+toc: true
+date: \today
+include-before: 
+  \large This is a living document. Suggestions for updates, via the
+  [quagga-dev list](http://lists.quagga.net/mailman/listinfo/quagga-dev),
+  are welcome. \newpage
+...
 
-\section{GUIDELINES FOR HACKING ON QUAGGA}
-\label{sec:guidelines}
+\newpage
 
+GUIDELINES FOR HACKING ON QUAGGA {#sec:guidelines}
+================================
 
 GNU coding standards apply.  Indentation follows the result of
-invoking GNU indent (as of 2.2.8a) with the --nut argument.
+invoking GNU indent (as of 2.2.8a) with the -–nut argument.
 
 Originally, tabs were used instead of spaces, with tabs are every 8 columns. 
-However, tab's interoperability issues mean space characters are now preferred for
+However, tab’s interoperability issues mean space characters are now preferred for
 new changes. We generally only clean up whitespace when code is unmaintainable
 due to whitespace issues, to minimise merging conflicts.
 
@@ -38,14 +34,14 @@ consequences.
 
 Each file in the Git repository should have a git format-placeholder (like
 an RCS Id keyword), somewhere very near the top, commented out appropriately
-for the file type. The placeholder used for Quagga (replacing <dollar> with
-\$) is:
+for the file type. The placeholder used for Quagga (replacing \<dollar\>
+with \$) is:
 
-	\verb|$QuaggaId: <dollar>Format:%an, %ai, %h<dollar> $|
+`$QuaggaId: <dollar>Format:%an, %ai, %h<dollar> $`
 
 See line 2 of HACKING.tex, the source for this document, for an example.
 
-This placeholder string will be expanded out by the `git archive' commands,
+This placeholder string will be expanded out by the ‘git archive’ commands,
 which is used to generate the tar archives for snapshots and releases.
 
 Please document fully the proper use of a new function in the header file
@@ -53,10 +49,9 @@ in which it is declared.  And please consult existing headers for
 documentation on how to use existing functions.  In particular, please consult
 these header files:
 
-\begin{description}
-  \item{lib/log.h}	logging levels and usage guidance
-  \item{[more to be added]}
-\end{description}
+<span>lib/log.h</span> logging levels and usage guidance
+
+<span>[more to be added]</span>
 
 If changing an exported interface, please try to deprecate the interface in
 an orderly manner. If at all possible, try to retain the old deprecated
@@ -64,13 +59,11 @@ interface as is, or functionally equivalent. Make a note of when the
 interface was deprecated and guard the deprecated interface definitions in
 the header file, i.e.:
 
-\begin{verbatim}
-/* Deprecated: 20050406 */
-#if !defined(QUAGGA_NO_DEPRECATED_INTERFACES)
-#warning "Using deprecated <libname> (interface(s)|function(s))"
-...
-#endif /* QUAGGA_NO_DEPRECATED_INTERFACES */
-\end{verbatim}
+    /* Deprecated: 20050406 */
+    #if !defined(QUAGGA_NO_DEPRECATED_INTERFACES)
+    #warning "Using deprecated <libname> (interface(s)|function(s))"
+    ...
+    #endif /* QUAGGA_NO_DEPRECATED_INTERFACES */
 
 This is to ensure that the core Quagga sources do not use the deprecated
 interfaces (you should update Quagga sources to use new interfaces, if
@@ -78,167 +71,147 @@ applicable), while allowing external sources to continue to build.
 Deprecated interfaces should be excised in the next unstable cycle.
 
 Note: If you wish, you can test for GCC and use a function
-marked with the 'deprecated' attribute. However, you must provide the
+marked with the ’deprecated’ attribute.  However, you must provide the
 warning for other compilers.
 
-If changing or removing a command definition, \emph{ensure} that you
+If changing or removing a command definition, *ensure* that you
 properly deprecate it - use the \_DEPRECATED form of the appropriate DEFUN
-macro.  This is \emph{critical}.  Even if the command can no longer
-function, you \emph{MUST} still implement it as a do-nothing stub. 
+macro. This is *critical*.  Even if the command can no longer
+function, you *MUST* still implement it as a do-nothing stub.
 
 Failure to follow this causes grief for systems administrators, as an
 upgrade may cause daemons to fail to start because of unrecognised commands. 
 Deprecated commands should be excised in the next unstable cycle.  A list of
 deprecated commands should be collated for each release.
 
-See also section~\ref{sec:dll-versioning} below regarding SHARED LIBRARY
+See also section [sec:dll-versioning] below regarding SHARED LIBRARY
 VERSIONING.
 
-\section{YOUR FIRST CONTRIBUTIONS}
+YOUR FIRST CONTRIBUTIONS
+========================
 
 Routing protocols can be very complex sometimes. Then, working with an
 Opensource community can be complex too, but usually friendly with
 anyone who is ready to be willing to do it properly.
 
-\begin{itemize}
+-   First, start doing simple tasks. Quagga’s patchwork is a good place
+    to start with. Pickup some patches, apply them on your git trie,
+    review them and send your ack’t or review comments. Then, a
+    maintainer will apply the patch if ack’t or the author will have to
+    provide a new update. It help a lot to drain the patchwork queues.
+    See <http://patchwork.quagga.net/project/quagga/list/>
+
+-   The more you’ll review patches from patchwork, the more the Quagga’s
+    maintainers will be willing to consider some patches you will be
+    sending.
 
-  \item First, start doing simple tasks. Quagga's patchwork is a good place
-        to start with. Pickup some patches, apply them on your git trie,
-        review them and send your ack't or review comments. Then, a
-        maintainer will apply the patch if ack't or the author will
-        have to provide a new update. It help a lot to drain the
-        patchwork queues.
-        See \url{http://patchwork.quagga.net/project/quagga/list/}
+-   start using git clone, pwclient
+    <http://patchwork.quagga.net/help/pwclient/>
 
-  \item The more you'll review patches from patchwork, the more the
-        Quagga's maintainers will be willing to consider some patches you will
-        be sending.
+        $ pwclient list -s new
+        ID    State        Name
+        --    -----        ----
+        179   New          [quagga-dev,6648] Re: quagga on FreeBSD 4.11 (gcc-2.95)
+        181   New          [quagga-dev,6660] proxy-arp patch
+        [...]
 
-  \item start using git clone, pwclient \url{http://patchwork.quagga.net/help/pwclient/}
+        $ pwclient git-am 1046
 
-\begin{verbatim}
-$ pwclient list -s new
-ID    State        Name
---    -----        ----
-179   New          [quagga-dev,6648] Re: quagga on FreeBSD 4.11 (gcc-2.95)
-181   New          [quagga-dev,6660] proxy-arp patch
-[...]
+HANDY GUIDELINES FOR MAINTAINERS
+================================
 
-$ pwclient git-am 1046
-\end{verbatim}
+Get your cloned trie:
 
-\end{itemize}
+      git clone vjardin@git.sv.gnu.org:/srv/git/quagga.git
 
-\section{HANDY GUIDELINES FOR MAINTAINERS}
+Apply some ack’t patches:
 
-Get your cloned trie:
-\begin{verbatim}
-  git clone vjardin@git.sv.gnu.org:/srv/git/quagga.git
-\end{verbatim}
-
-Apply some ack't patches:
-\begin{verbatim}
-  pwclient git-am 1046
-    Applying patch #1046 using 'git am'
-    Description: [quagga-dev,11595] zebra: route_unlock_node is missing in "show ip[v6] route <prefix>" commands
-    Applying: zebra: route_unlock_node is missing in "show ip[v6] route <prefix>" commands
-\end{verbatim}
-
-Run a quick review. If the ack't was not done properly, you know who you have
+      pwclient git-am 1046
+        Applying patch #1046 using 'git am'
+        Description: [quagga-dev,11595] zebra: route_unlock_node is missing in "show ip[v6] route <prefix>" commands
+        Applying: zebra: route_unlock_node is missing in "show ip[v6] route <prefix>" commands
+
+Run a quick review. If the ack’t was not done properly, you know who you have
 to blame.
 
 Push the patches:
-\begin{verbatim}
-  git push
-\end{verbatim}
+
+      git push
 
 Set the patch to accepted on patchwork
-\begin{verbatim}
-  pwclient update -s Accepted 1046
-\end{verbatim}
 
-\section{COMPILE-TIME CONDITIONAL CODE}
+      pwclient update -s Accepted 1046
+
+COMPILE-TIME CONDITIONAL CODE
+=============================
 
 Please think very carefully before making code conditional at compile time,
 as it increases maintenance burdens and user confusion. In particular,
-please avoid gratuitous --enable-\ldots switches to the configure script -
-typically code should be good enough to be in Quagga, or it shouldn't be
-there at all. 
+please avoid gratuitous -–enable-… switches to the configure script -
+typically code should be good enough to be in Quagga, or it shouldn’t be
+there at all.
 
 When code must be compile-time conditional, try have the compiler make it
 conditional rather than the C pre-processor - so that it will still be
 checked by the compiler, even if disabled. I.e.  this:
 
-\begin{verbatim}
-    if (SOME_SYMBOL)
-      frobnicate();
-\end{verbatim}
+        if (SOME_SYMBOL)
+          frobnicate();
 
 rather than:
 
-\begin{verbatim}
-  #ifdef SOME_SYMBOL
-  frobnicate ();
-  #endif /* SOME_SYMBOL */
-\end{verbatim}
-
-Note that the former approach requires ensuring that SOME\_SYMBOL will be
-defined (watch your AC\_DEFINEs).
+      #ifdef SOME_SYMBOL
+      frobnicate ();
+      #endif /* SOME_SYMBOL */
 
+Note that the former approach requires ensuring that SOME\_SYMBOL will
+be defined (watch your AC\_DEFINEs).
 
-\section{COMMIT MESSAGES}
+COMMIT MESSAGES
+===============
 
 The commit message requirements are:
 
-\begin{itemize}
+-   The message *MUST* provide a suitable one-line summary followed by a
+    blank line as the very first line of the message, in the form:
 
-\item The message \emph{MUST} provide a suitable one-line summary followed
-      by a blank line as the very first line of the message, in the form:
+    `topic: high-level, one line summary`
 
-  \verb|topic: high-level, one line summary|
+    Where topic would tend to be name of a subdirectory, and/or daemon, unless
+    there’s a more suitable topic (e.g. ’build’). This topic is used to
+    organise change summaries in release announcements.
 
-  Where topic would tend to be name of a subdirectory, and/or daemon, unless
-  there's a more suitable topic (e.g.  'build').  This topic is used to
-  organise change summaries in release announcements.
+-   It should have a suitable “body”, which tries to address the
+    following areas, so as to help reviewers and future browsers of the
+    code-base understand why the change is correct (note also the code
+    comment requirements):
 
-\item It should have a suitable "body", which tries  to address the
-      following areas, so as to help reviewers and future browsers of the
-      code-base understand why the change is correct (note also the code
-      comment requirements):
-
-  \begin{itemize}
-  
-  \item The motivation for the change (does it fix a bug, if so which? 
+    -   The motivation for the change (does it fix a bug, if so which?
         add a feature?)
-  
-  \item The general approach taken, and trade-offs versus any other
+
+    -   The general approach taken, and trade-offs versus any other
         approaches.
-  
-  \item Any testing undertaken or other information affecting the confidence
+
+    -   Any testing undertaken or other information affecting the confidence
         that can be had in the change.
-  
-  \item Information to allow reviewers to be able to tell which specific
+
+    -   Information to allow reviewers to be able to tell which specific
         changes to the code are intended (and hence be able to spot any accidental
         unintended changes).
 
-  \end{itemize}
-\end{itemize}
-
 The one-line summary must be limited to 54 characters, and all other
 lines to 72 characters.
 
 Commit message bodies in the Quagga project have typically taken the
 following form:
 
-\begin{itemize}
-\item An optional introduction, describing the change generally.
-\item A short description of each specific change made, preferably:
-  \begin{itemize} \item file by file
-    \begin{itemize} \item function by function (use of "ditto", or globs is
-                          allowed)
-    \end{itemize}
-  \end{itemize}
-\end{itemize}
+-   An optional introduction, describing the change generally.
+
+-   A short description of each specific change made, preferably:
+
+    -   file by file
+
+        -   function by function (use of “ditto”, or globs is allowed)
 
 Contributors are strongly encouraged to follow this form.
 
@@ -251,110 +224,109 @@ redundant.  For longer patches, such a break-down may be essential.  A
 contrived example (where the general discussion is obviously somewhat
 redundant, given the one-line summary):
 
-\begin{quote}\begin{verbatim}
-zebra: Enhance frob FSM to detect loss of frob
-
-Add a new DOWN state to the frob state machine to allow the barinator to
-detect loss of frob.
-
-* frob.h: (struct frob) Add DOWN state flag.
-* frob.c: (frob_change) set/clear DOWN appropriately on state change.
-* bar.c: (barinate) Check frob for DOWN state.
-\end{verbatim}\end{quote}
+>     zebra: Enhance frob FSM to detect loss of frob
+>
+>     Add a new DOWN state to the frob state machine to allow the barinator to
+>     detect loss of frob.
+>
+>     * frob.h: (struct frob) Add DOWN state flag.
+>     * frob.c: (frob_change) set/clear DOWN appropriately on state change.
+>     * bar.c: (barinate) Check frob for DOWN state.
 
 Please have a look at the git commit logs to get a feel for what the norms
 are.
 
-Note that the commit message format follows git norms, so that ``git
-log --oneline'' will have useful output.
+Note that the commit message format follows git norms, so that “git log
+–oneline” will have useful output.
 
-\section{HACKING THE BUILD SYSTEM}
+HACKING THE BUILD SYSTEM
+========================
 
 If you change or add to the build system (configure.ac, any Makefile.am,
 etc.), try to check that the following things still work:
 
-\begin{itemize}
-\item make dist
-\item resulting dist tarball builds
-\item out-of-tree builds
-\end{itemize}
+-   make dist
+
+-   resulting dist tarball builds
+
+-   out-of-tree builds
 
 The quagga.net site relies on make dist to work to generate snapshots. It
 must work. Common problems are to forget to have some additional file
 included in the dist, or to have a make rule refer to a source file without
 using the srcdir variable.
 
+RELEASE PROCEDURE
+=================
+
+-   Tag the appropriate commit with a release tag (follow existing
+    conventions).
+
+    [This enables recreating the release, and is just good CM practice.]
+
+-   Create a fresh tar archive of the quagga.net repository, and do a
+    test build:
 
-\section{RELEASE PROCEDURE}
+            vim configure.ac
+            git commit -m "release: 0.99.99.99"
+            git tag -u 54CD2E60 quagga-0.99.99.99
+            git push savannah tag quagga-0.99.99.99
 
-\begin{itemize}
-\item Tag the appropriate commit with a release tag (follow existing
-  conventions).
-  
-  [This enables recreating the release, and is just good CM practice.]
+            git archive --prefix=quagga-release/ quagga-0.99.99.99 | tar xC /tmp
+            git log quagga-0.99.99.98..quagga-0.99.99.99 > \
+               /tmp/quagga-release/quagga-0.99.99.99.changelog.txt
+            cd /tmp/quagga-release
 
-\item Create a fresh tar archive of the quagga.net repository, and do a test
-  build:
+            autoreconf -i
+            ./configure
+            make
+            make dist-gzip
 
-  \begin{verbatim}
-    vim configure.ac
-    git commit -m "release: 0.99.99.99"
-    git tag -u 54CD2E60 quagga-0.99.99.99
-    git push savannah tag quagga-0.99.99.99
+            gunzip < quagga-0.99.99.99.tar.gz > quagga-0.99.99.99.tar
+            xz -6e < quagga-0.99.99.99.tar > quagga-0.99.99.99.tar.xz
+            gpg -u 54CD2E60 -a --detach-sign quagga-0.99.99.99.tar
 
-    git archive --prefix=quagga-release/ quagga-0.99.99.99 | tar xC /tmp
-    git log quagga-0.99.99.98..quagga-0.99.99.99 > \
-       /tmp/quagga-release/quagga-0.99.99.99.changelog.txt
-    cd /tmp/quagga-release
+            scp quagga-0.99.99.99.* username@dl.sv.nongnu.org:/releases/quagga
+          
 
-    autoreconf -i
-    ./configure
-    make
-    make dist-gzip
+    Do NOT do this in a subdirectory of the Quagga sources, autoconf
+    will think it’s a sub-package and fail to include neccessary files.
 
-    gunzip < quagga-0.99.99.99.tar.gz > quagga-0.99.99.99.tar
-    xz -6e < quagga-0.99.99.99.tar > quagga-0.99.99.99.tar.xz
-    gpg -u 54CD2E60 -a --detach-sign quagga-0.99.99.99.tar
+-   Add the version number on https://bugzilla.quagga.net/, under
+    Administration, Products, “Quagga”, Edit versions, Add a version.
 
-    scp quagga-0.99.99.99.* username@dl.sv.nongnu.org:/releases/quagga
-  \end{verbatim}
+-   Edit the wiki on
+    https://wiki.quagga.net/wiki/index.php/Release\_status
 
-  Do NOT do this in a subdirectory of the Quagga sources, autoconf will think
-  it's a sub-package and fail to include neccessary files.
+-   Post a news entry on Savannah
 
-\item Add the version number on https://bugzilla.quagga.net/, under
-  Administration, Products, "Quagga", Edit versions, Add a version.
-\item Edit the wiki on https://wiki.quagga.net/wiki/index.php/Release\_status
-\item Post a news entry on Savannah
-\item Send a mail to quagga-dev and quagga-users
-\end{itemize}
+-   Send a mail to quagga-dev and quagga-users
 
-The tarball which `make dist' creates is the tarball to be released! The
-git-archive step ensures you're working with code corresponding to that in
+The tarball which ‘make dist’ creates is the tarball to be released! The
+git-archive step ensures you’re working with code corresponding to that in
 the official repository, and also carries out keyword expansion. If any
 errors occur, move tags as needed and start over from the fresh checkouts.
 Do not append to tarballs, as this has produced non-standards-conforming
 tarballs in the past.
 
-See also: \url{http://wiki.quagga.net/index.php/Main/Processes}
+See also: <http://wiki.quagga.net/index.php/Main/Processes>
 
-[TODO: collation of a list of deprecated commands. Possibly can be scripted
-to extract from vtysh/vtysh\_cmd.c]
+[TODO: collation of a list of deprecated commands. Possibly can be
+scripted to extract from vtysh/vtysh\_cmd.c]
 
-
-\section{TOOL VERSIONS}
+TOOL VERSIONS
+=============
 
 Require versions of support tools are listed in INSTALL.quagga.txt.
 Required versions should only be done with due deliberation, as it can
 cause environments to no longer be able to compile quagga.
 
+SHARED LIBRARY VERSIONING {#sec:dll-versioning}
+=========================
 
-\section{SHARED LIBRARY VERSIONING}
-\label{sec:dll-versioning}
-
-[this section is at the moment just gdt's opinion]
+[this section is at the moment just gdt’s opinion]
 
-Quagga builds several shared libaries (lib/libzebra, ospfd/libospf, 
+Quagga builds several shared libaries (lib/libzebra, ospfd/libospf,
 ospfclient/libsopfapiclient).  These may be used by external programs,
 e.g. a new routing protocol that works with the zebra daemon, or
 ospfapi clients.  The libtool info pages (node Versioning) explain
@@ -372,162 +344,157 @@ There is no support intended for installing part of zebra.  The core
 library libzebra and the included daemons should always be built and
 installed together.
 
-
-\section{GIT COMMIT SUBMISSION}
-\label{sec:git-submission}
+GIT COMMIT SUBMISSION {#sec:git-submission}
+=====================
 
 The preferred method for submitting changes is to provide git commits via a
 publicly-accessible git repository, which the maintainers can easily pull.
 
 The commits should be in a branch based off the Quagga.net master - a
-"feature branch".  Ideally there should be no commits to this branch other
+“feature branch”.  Ideally there should be no commits to this branch other
 than those in master, and those intended to be submitted.  However, merge
 commits to this branch from the Quagga master are permitted, though strongly
 discouraged - use another (potentially local and throw-away) branch to test
 merge with the latest Quagga master.
 
 Recommended practice is to keep different logical sets of changes on
-separate branches - "topic" or "feature" branches.  This allows you to still
-merge them together to one branch (potentially local and/or "throw-away")
+separate branches - “topic” or “feature” branches.  This allows you to still
+merge them together to one branch (potentially local and/or “throw-away”)
 for testing or use, while retaining smaller, independent branches that are
 easier to merge.
 
-All content guidelines in section \ref{sec:patch-submission}, PATCH
+All content guidelines in section [sec:patch-submission], PATCH
 SUBMISSION apply.
 
+PATCH SUBMISSION {#sec:patch-submission}
+================
 
-\section{PATCH SUBMISSION}
-\label{sec:patch-submission}
-
-\begin{itemize}
-
-\item For complex changes, contributors are strongly encouraged to first
-      start a design discussion on the quagga-dev list \emph{before}
-      starting any coding.
-
-\item Send a clean diff against the 'master' branch of the quagga.git
-      repository, in unified diff format, preferably with the '-p' argument to
-      show C function affected by any chunk, and with the -w and -b arguments to
-      minimise changes. E.g:
+-   For complex changes, contributors are strongly encouraged to first
+    start a design discussion on the quagga-dev list *before* starting
+    any coding.
 
-     git diff -up mybranch..remotes/quagga.net/master
+-   Send a clean diff against the ’master’ branch of the quagga.git
+    repository, in unified diff format, preferably with the ’-p’
+    argument to show C function affected by any chunk, and with the -w
+    and -b arguments to minimise changes. E.g:
 
-     It is preferable to use git format-patch, and even more preferred to
-     publish a git repository (see GIT COMMIT SUBMISSION, section
-     \ref{sec:git-submission}).
+    git diff -up mybranch..remotes/quagga.net/master
 
-     If not using git format-patch, Include the commit message in the email.
+    It is preferable to use git format-patch, and even more preferred to
+    publish a git repository (see GIT COMMIT SUBMISSION, section
+    [sec:git-submission]).
 
-\item After a commit, code should have comments explaining to the reviewer
-      why it is correct, without reference to history.  The commit message
-      should explain why the change is correct.
+    If not using git format-patch, Include the commit message in the
+    email.
 
-\item Include NEWS entries as appropriate.
+-   After a commit, code should have comments explaining to the reviewer
+    why it is correct, without reference to history. The commit message
+    should explain why the change is correct.
 
-\item Include only one semantic change or group of changes per patch.
+-   Include NEWS entries as appropriate.
 
-\item Do not make gratuitous changes to whitespace. See the w and b arguments
-      to diff.
+-   Include only one semantic change or group of changes per patch.
 
-\item Changes should be arranged so that the least controversial and most
-      trivial are first, and the most complex or more controversial are
-      last.  This will maximise how many the Quagga maintainers can merge,
-      even if some other commits need further work.
+-   Do not make gratuitous changes to whitespace. See the w and b
+    arguments to diff.
 
-\item Providing a unit-test is strongly encouraged. Doing so will make it
-      much easier for maintainers to have confidence that they will be able
-      to support your change.
+-   Changes should be arranged so that the least controversial and most
+    trivial are first, and the most complex or more controversial are
+    last. This will maximise how many the Quagga maintainers can merge,
+    even if some other commits need further work.
 
-\item New code should be arranged so that it easy to verify and test. E.g. 
-      stateful logic should be separated out from functional logic as much as
-      possible: wherever possible, move complex logic out to smaller helper
-      functions which access no state other than their arguments.
+-   Providing a unit-test is strongly encouraged. Doing so will make it
+    much easier for maintainers to have confidence that they will be
+    able to support your change.
 
-\item State on which platforms and with what daemons the patch has been
-      tested.  Understand that if the set of testing locations is small,
-      and the patch might have unforeseen or hard to fix consequences that
-      there may be a call for testers on quagga-dev, and that the patch
-      may be blocked until test results appear.
+-   New code should be arranged so that it easy to verify and test. E.g.
+    stateful logic should be separated out from functional logic as much
+    as possible: wherever possible, move complex logic out to smaller
+    helper functions which access no state other than their arguments.
 
-      If there are no users for a platform on quagga-dev who are able and
-      willing to verify -current occasionally, that platform may be
-      dropped from the "should be checked" list.
+-   State on which platforms and with what daemons the patch has been
+    tested. Understand that if the set of testing locations is small,
+    and the patch might have unforeseen or hard to fix consequences that
+    there may be a call for testers on quagga-dev, and that the patch
+    may be blocked until test results appear.
 
-\end{itemize}
+    If there are no users for a platform on quagga-dev who are able and
+    willing to verify -current occasionally, that platform may be
+    dropped from the “should be checked” list.
 
-\section{PATCH APPLICATION}
+PATCH APPLICATION
+=================
 
-\begin{itemize}
+-   Only apply patches that meet the submission guidelines.
 
-\item Only apply patches that meet the submission guidelines.
+-   If the patch might break something, issue a call for testing on the
+    mailing-list.
 
-\item If the patch might break something, issue a call for testing on the
-      mailing-list.
+-   Give an appropriate commit message (see above), and use the –author
+    argument to git-commit, if required, to ensure proper attribution
+    (you should still be listed as committer)
 
-\item Give an appropriate commit message (see above), and use the --author
-      argument to git-commit, if required, to ensure proper attribution (you
-      should still be listed as committer)
+-   Immediately after commiting, double-check (with git-log and/or
+    gitk). If there’s a small mistake you can easily fix it with ‘git
+    commit –amend ..’
 
-\item Immediately after commiting, double-check (with git-log and/or gitk).
-      If there's a small mistake you can easily fix it with `git commit
-      --amend ..'
+-   When merging a branch, always use an explicit merge commit. Giving
+    –no-ff ensures a merge commit is created which documents “this human
+    decided to merge this branch at this time”.
 
-\item When merging a branch, always use an explicit merge commit. Giving
-      --no-ff ensures a merge commit is created which documents ``this human
-      decided to merge this branch at this time''.
-\end{itemize}
-
-\section{STABLE PLATFORMS AND DAEMONS}
+STABLE PLATFORMS AND DAEMONS
+============================
 
 The list of platforms that should be tested follow.  This is a list
 derived from what quagga is thought to run on and for which
 maintainers can test or there are people on quagga-dev who are able
 and willing to verify that -current does or does not work correctly.
 
-\begin{itemize}
-  \item BSD (Free, Net or Open, any platform)
-  \item GNU/Linux (any distribution, i386)
-  \item Solaris (strict alignment, any platform)
-  \item future: NetBSD/sparc64
-\end{itemize}
+-   BSD (Free, Net or Open, any platform)
+
+-   GNU/Linux (any distribution, i386)
+
+-   Solaris (strict alignment, any platform)
+
+-   future: NetBSD/sparc64
 
 The list of daemons that are thought to be stable and that should be
 tested are:
 
-\begin{itemize}
-  \item zebra
-  \item bgpd
-  \item ripd
-  \item ospfd
-  \item ripngd
-\end{itemize}
+-   zebra
+
+-   bgpd
+
+-   ripd
+
+-   ospfd
+
+-   ripngd
+
 Daemons which are in a testing phase are
 
-\begin{itemize}
-  \item ospf6d
-  \item isisd
-  \item watchquagga
-\end{itemize}
+-   ospf6d
 
-\section{IMPORT OR UPDATE VENDOR SPECIFIC ROUTING PROTOCOLS}
+-   isisd
+
+-   watchquagga
+
+IMPORT OR UPDATE VENDOR SPECIFIC ROUTING PROTOCOLS
+==================================================
 
 The source code of Quagga is based on two vendors:
 
-   \verb|zebra_org| (\url{http://www.zebra.org/})
-   \verb|isisd_sf| (\url{http://isisd.sf.net/})
+`zebra_org` (<http://www.zebra.org/>) `isisd_sf`
+(<http://isisd.sf.net/>)
 
 To import code from further sources, e.g. for archival purposes without
-necessarily having to review and/or fix some changeset, create a branch from
-`master':
+necessarily having to review and/or fix some changeset, create a branch
+from ‘master’:
 
-\begin{verbatim}
-	git checkout -b archive/foo master
-	<apply changes>
-	git commit -a "Joe Bar <joe@example.com>"
-	git push quagga archive/foo
-\end{verbatim}
+        git checkout -b archive/foo master
+        <apply changes>
+        git commit -a "Joe Bar <joe@example.com>"
+        git push quagga archive/foo
 
-presuming `quagga' corresponds to a file in your .git/remotes with
+presuming ‘quagga’ corresponds to a file in your .git/remotes with
 configuration for the appropriate Quagga.net repository.
-
-\end{document}