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-# Developer README #
-
-This file is intended to provide a place for developers and contributors to
-document what other developers need to know about changes made to Puppet.
-
-### Dependencies
-
-
-
-# Configuration Directory #
-
-In Puppet 3.x we've simplified the behavior of selecting a configuration file
-to load.  The intended behavior of reading `puppet.conf` is:
-
- 1. Use the explicit configuration provided by --confdir or --config if present
- 2. If running as root (`Puppet.features.root?`) then use the system
-    `puppet.conf`
- 3. Otherwise, use `~/.puppet/puppet.conf`.
-
-When Puppet master is started from Rack, Puppet 3.x will read from
-~/.puppet/puppet.conf by default.  This is intended behavior.  Rack
-configurations should start Puppet master with an explicit configuration
-directory using `ARGV << "--confdir" << "/etc/puppet"`.  Please see the
-`ext/rack/config.ru` file for an up-to-date example.
-
-# Determining the Puppet Version
-
-If you need to programmatically work with the Puppet version, please use the
-following:
-
-    require 'puppet/version'
-    # Get the version baked into the sourcecode:
-    version = Puppet.version
-    # Set the version (e.g. in a Rakefile based on `git describe`)
-    Puppet.version = '2.3.4'
-
-Please do not monkey patch the constant `Puppet::PUPPETVERSION` or obtain the
-version using the constant.  The only supported way to set and get the Puppet
-version is through the accessor methods.
-
-Package Maintainers
-=====
-
-Software Version API
------
-
-Please see the public API regarding the software version as described in
-`lib/puppet/version.rb`.  Puppet provides the means to easily specify the exact
-version of the software packaged using the VERSION file, for example:
-
-    $ git describe --match "3.0.*" > lib/puppet/VERSION
-    $ ruby -r puppet/version -e 'puts Puppet.version'
-    3.0.1-260-g9ca4e54
-
-EOF