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-This is the README file for Subsurface 4.7.2
-
-Please check the ReleaseNotes.txt for details about new features and
-changes since Subsurface 4.6.4 (and earlier versions).
-
-Subsurface can be found at http://subsurface-divelog.org
-
-Our user forum is at http://subsurface-divelog.org/user-forum/
-
-Report bugs and issues at
-https://github.com/Subsurface-divelog/subsurface/issues
-
-License: GPLv2
-
-
-We frequently make new test versions of Subsurface avilable at
-http://subsurface-divelog.org/downloads/test/
-These tend to contain the latest bug fixes and features, but also
-occasionally the latest bugs and issues. Please understand when using them
-that these are primarily intended for testing.
-
-You can get the sources to the latest development version from the git
-repository:
-
-git clone https://github.com/Subsurface-divelog/subsurface.git
-
-You can also fork the repository and browse the sources at the same site,
-simply using https://github.com/Subsurface-divelog/subsurface
-
-If you want the latest release (instead of the bleeding edge
-development version) you can either get this via git or the release tar
-ball. After cloning run the following command:
-
-git checkout v4.7.2  (or whatever the last release is)
-
-or download a tar ball from:
-
-http://subsurface-divelog.org/downloads/Subsurface-4.7.2.tgz
-
-Detailed build instructions can be found in the INSTALL file.
-
-System Requirements:
-====================
-
-On desktop, the integrated Googlemaps feature of Subsurface requires a GPU
-driver that has support for at least OpenGL 2.1. If your driver does not
-support that, you may have to run Subsurface in software renderer mode.
-
-Subsurface will automatically attempt to detect this scenario, but in case
-in doesn't you may have to enable the software renderer manually with
-the following:
-1) Learn how to set persistent environment variables on your OS
-2) Set the environment variable 'QT_QUICK_BACKEND' with the value of 'software'
-
-Basic Usage:
-============
-
-Install and start from the desktop, or you can run it locally from the
-build directory:
-
-On Linux:
-
-$ ./subsurface
-
-On Mac:
-
-$ open Subsurface.app
-
-Native builds on Windows are not really supported (the official Windows
-installers are both cross-built on Linux).
-
-You can give a data file as command line argument, or (once you have
-set this up in the Preferences) Subsurface picks a default file for
-you when started from the desktop or without an argument.
-
-If you have a dive computer supported by libdivecomputer, you can just
-select "Import from Divecomputer" from the "Import" menu, select which
-dive computer you have (and where it is connected if you need to), and
-hit "OK".
-
-The latest list of supported dive computers can be found in the file
-SupportedDivecomputers.txt.
-
-Much more detailed end user instructions can be found from inside
-Subsurface by selecting Help (typically F1). When building from source
-this is also available as Documentation/user-manual.html. The
-documentation for the latest release is also available on-line
-http://subsurface-divelog.org/documentation/
-
-
-Contributing:
-=============
-
-There is a mailing list for developers: subsurface@subsurface-divelog.org
-Go to http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface
-to subscribe.
-
-If you want to contribute code, please open a pull request with signed-off
-commits at https://github.com/Subsurface-divelog/subsurface/pulls
-(alternatively, you can also send your patches as emails to the developer
-mailing lsit).
-
-Either way, if you don't sign off your patches, we will not accept them.
-This means adding a line that says "Signed-off-by: Name <email>" at the
-end of each commit, indicating that you wrote the code and have the right
-to pass it on as an open source patch.
-
-See: http://developercertificate.org/
-
-Also, please write good git commit messages.  A good commit message
-looks like this:
-
-	Header line: explain the commit in one line (use the imperative)
-
-	Body of commit message is a few lines of text, explaining things
-	in more detail, possibly giving some background about the issue
-	being fixed, etc etc.
-
-	The body of the commit message can be several paragraphs, and
-	please do proper word-wrap and keep columns shorter than about
-	74 characters or so. That way "git log" will show things
-	nicely even when it's indented.
-
-	Make sure you explain your solution and why you're doing what you're
-	doing, as opposed to describing what you're doing. Reviewers and your
-	future self can read the patch, but might not understand why a
-	particular solution was implemented.
-
-	Reported-by: whoever-reported-it
-	Signed-off-by: Your Name <youremail@yourhost.com>
-
-where that header line really should be meaningful, and really should be
-just one line.  That header line is what is shown by tools like gitk and
-shortlog, and should summarize the change in one readable line of text,
-independently of the longer explanation. Please use verbs in the
-imperative in the commit message, as in "Fix bug that...", "Add
-file/feature ...", or "Make Subsurface..."
-
-
-A bit of Subsurface history:
-============================
-
-In fall of 2011, when a forced lull in kernel development gave him an
-opportunity to start on a new endeavor, Linus Torvalds decided to tackle
-his frustration with the lack of decent divelog software on Linux.
-
-Subsurface is the result of the work of him and a team of developers since
-then. It now supports Linux, Windows and MacOS and allows data import from
-a large number of dive computers and several existing divelog programs. It
-provides advanced visualization of the key information provided by a
-modern dive computer and allows the user to track a wide variety of data
-about their diving.
-
-In fall of 2012 Dirk Hohndel took over as maintainer of Subsurface.