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_section: Hacking
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Things to keep in mind:
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_heading: Supported Platforms
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_heading: Dependencies
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Adding a dependency is non-trivial and will require fairly convincing
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arguments.
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Further, **ALL** dependencies for ethers, **must** be MIT licensed or
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public domain (CC0).
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All contributions to ethers are then included under the MIT license.
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_heading: Printable ASCII (7-bit) Characters
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All source and documentation files should ONLY use the printable ASCII
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set.
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This is for several reasons, bu...
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- Transmission over certain HTTP servers and proxies can mangle
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UTF-8 data
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- Certain editors on some platforms, or in certain terminals cannot
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handle UTF-8 characters elegantly
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- The ability to enter non-ASCII characters on some platforms require
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special keyboards, input devices or input methods to be installed,
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which either not be supported, or may require administrative
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priviledges.
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_heading: License
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MIT...
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_heading: Other Considerations
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A common argument to Pull Requests is that they are simple, backwards compatible
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and
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It is important to remember that a small change is something that
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we are required to support in perpetuity.
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For example, adding support for an obscure platform, such as adding a dot-file
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to the root of the package, now carries the implication that we will continue
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keeping that dot-file up-to-date as new versions of that platform are released.
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