Firma Development Policy
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Abstract: this policy helps control all development
          steps to keep a clean and junk-free code.

In the future this procedure will be automatic.

1 - After any addition to firma, check the following:
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  - If a new variable has to be declared via a config-file,
    remember to set it to be created in the NewList function.

  - Put all new functions in the FUNCTIONS variable.

  - Put all new global variables in the GLOBAL_VARS variable.

  - If you are using an unix command, check if its already
    listed in the commands list. If it's not, please add it
    at the bottom of this file.

2 - Variables usage
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  - Global vars: uppercase, with spaces replaced by underscores.

  - Local vars: lowercase, with spaces replaced by underscores and
                declared using "local".

  - Attention to variables initialization, unset all vars after use.

3 - Used unix commands
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   bash itself

   $GPG_BINARY
   $MAIL_AGENT

   echo
   cat
   grep
   wc
   tr
   seq
   cut
   sed
   mkdir
   touch
   chmod
   chown
   basename
   expect
   fold
   uniq
   tac
   sha1sum