"modern" GUI workflow or has access to the same computing resources as
you, so please do respect that.
+More on this concept is
+[here](https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/line-length-limits).
+Note *very pointedly* that Linus Torvalds *specifically* states that
+he does not want Linux kernel development to become the exclusive
+domain of the "wealthy". That means **no** to assumptions about
+access to ultra-high resolution screens.
+
# Software prerequisites
Whilst many resources online advocate "sudo" in front of all root-level
* mkdir ~/src
* cd !$
-* git clone https://github.com/m-labs/nmigen.git
+* git clone https://github.com/nmigen/nmigen.git
* cd nmigen
* sudo bash
* python3 setup.py develop
## Softfloat and sfpy
These are a test suite dependency for the ieee754fpu library, and
-will be changed in the future to use Jacob's algorithmic numeric
+will be changed in the future to use Jacob's [simple-soft-float](https://crates.io/crates/simple-soft-float)
library. In the meantime, sfpy can be built as follows:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/billzorn/sfpy.git
### Why such strict rules?
-the reason for all the above is because python is a weakly typed language.
+the reason for all the above is because python is a dynamically typed language.
make one tiny change at the base level of the class hierarchy and the
effect may be disastrous.
black art. This is where team collaboration particularly kicks in,
so if you need help, ask on the mailing list.
+## Don't comment out unit tests: add them first (as failures) and fix code later
+
+Unit tests serve an additional critical purpose of keeping track of code
+that needs to be written. In many cases, you write the unit test *first*,
+despite knowing full well that the code doesn't even exist or is completely
+broken. The unit test then serves as a constant and important reminder
+to actually fix (or write) the code.
+
+Therefore, *do not* comment out unit tests just because they "don't work".
+If you absolutely must stop a unit test from running, **do not delete it**.
+Simply mark it with an appropriate
+["skip" decorator](https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#skipping-tests-and-expected-failures),
+preferably with a link to a URL in the [bugtracker](http://bugs.libre-riscv.org)
+with further details as to why the unit test should not be run.
+
# TODO Tutorials
Find appropriate tutorials for nmigen and yosys, as well as symbiyosys.