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Information for developers

Subpages:

• /Requirements: the set of rules regarding which versions of operating systems, compilers etc. we support

• /DevelopmentSetup: which tools to install for working on the planner

• /Git: our Git workflow and Git tips and tricks

• /CodingConventions: coding conventions for C++ code

• /Whitespace: how to indent, where to break lines, where to put spaces etc. in C++ code

• /Uncrustify: using the uncrustify source code pretty printer

• /Includes: using include-what-you-use to find missing/redundant includes and forward declarations

• /CodeReview: how to use Github pull requests for code reviews

• /GithubActions: information on Github actions

• /ImplementationDetails: more in-depth descriptions on how some classes are implemented

• /ReviewQueue: Malte's FIFO list of issues to review

• /LongTermPlans: long-term wishlist of changes with broader scope

• /ProblemTransformations: problem transformations performed by the planner that might trip up users interested in non-classical planning

• /CMake: Usage of CMake (custom builds, tips and tricks)

• /Profiling: on using valgrind and friends

• /ReleaseWorkflow: how to create a release version

• /ChangelogFormat: description of the changelog format

• /Sprint: information, statistics, and news about our Fast Downward sprints

• /Blog: articles describing parts of the code base

Other bits and pieces

• Mailing lists: Core developers, please subscribe to both the public and the internal mailing lists mentioned on the HomePage.

• Admin interface to the internal mailing list: https://www.maillist.unibas.ch/mailman/options/downward-dev/

• Python code: We follow PEP 8 and support Python >= 3.6.