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= The PAL project =
PAL is a ready-to-use c++ library for cartographic label placement under free software license (LGPL).

See [http://pal.heig-vd.ch] for more information.


= Download =

== Development == 
 * Checkout pal/jpal-dev with: `svn checkout http://geosysin.iict.ch/pal-svn/trunk libpal-svn`
== Stable (0.2) ==
 * Checkout pal/jpal-0.2 with: `svn checkout http://geosysin.iict.ch/pal-svn/tags/pal-0.2 libpal-0.2`
== Legacy (0.1) ==
 * Checkout pal/jpal-0.1 with: `svn checkout http://geosysin.iict.ch/pal-svn/tags/pal-0.1 libpal-0.1`

== Build and Install ==

=== Unix === 

The following instructions are dedicated to users of Unix-like systems (Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, etc.)

Download the latest source code release and issue following commands:

{{{
./configure
make
make install
}}}

For more details about configuration options run:
{{{
./configure --help
}}}

= Documentation =
 * [http://geosysin.iict.ch/pal-web/pal-api-0.2 Pal-0.2 Doxygen]

== Mailing list ==
 * [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/pal-developer pal-developer]

== Development ==

=== Bug tracker ===
 * Log in or [http://geosysin.iict.ch/pal-web/new_account.php create an account]
 * Create a new ticket

=== Bug fix ===
 * Add a comment with a patch to the bug ticket
 * Then a commiter will apply the patch and mark the ticket as closed if the patch work

=== SVN Repository ===
 * Repository address: http://geosysin.iict.ch/pal-svn
 * Checkout: `svn checkout http://geosysin.iict.ch/pal-svn/trunk libpal-svn`
 * Checkout for commiters: `svn checkout http://username@geosysin.iict/ch/`