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@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@ time for fixing buggy, broken or old patches!
7. Subscribe to the mplayer-dev-eng list (don't worry, it's low traffic)
and send your patch there as base64-encoded attachment (use gzip or
- bzip2 *only* if it's really big). Also describe in a few sentences
- what (and why) are the changes.
+ bzip2 *only* if it's really big or if you know that your mailer messes
+ up (re-format) text attachments).
+ Subject line should be: '[PATCH] very short description of the patch'.
+ In the mail, describe in a few sentences what (and why) are the changes.
+ If you made independent changes, try to send them as separate patches.
Thank you!