From e9c11e40ba1ef41661a147ab558a14c5d4b31923 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jaf Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 09:00:59 +0000 Subject: corrections by Diego Biurrun git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@6102 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2 --- DOCS/tech/patches.txt | 22 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'DOCS') diff --git a/DOCS/tech/patches.txt b/DOCS/tech/patches.txt index 543d8727dc..5d7ceae391 100644 --- a/DOCS/tech/patches.txt +++ b/DOCS/tech/patches.txt @@ -1,33 +1,33 @@ Sending patches: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Note: We know these rules are hard, but it's hard to maintain such +Note: We know these rules are hard, but it's hard to maintain such a big and complex project, so you should accept our rules. We have no time for fixing buggy, broken or old patches! -1. Always make patch for the CVS version. +1. Always make patches for the CVS version. We do not accept patches for old versions or releases. -2. Make unified diffs ('diff -Naur' or 'cvs diff -u') +2. Make unified diffs ('diff -Naur' or 'cvs diff -u'). -3. Test functionality of your patch. We'll *refuse* it if it breaks +3. Test the functionality of your patch. We'll *refuse* it if it breaks something, even if it extends other features! -4. Read your patch. We'll *refuse* it if it changes indent of the - code or it does tab/space or other cosmetical changes! +4. Read your patch. We'll *refuse* it if it changes indentation of the + code or if it does tab/space conversion or other cosmetical changes! -5. Comment parts what really needs it (has tricky side-effects etc). - Commenting trivial code not requires. Comments must be english! +5. Comment parts that really need it (tricky side-effects etc). + Commenting trivial code not required. Comments must be English! 6. Do not ask for CVS write access at first time. If you contributed 1 or more nice, acceptable patches and they need maintaining or - you want to be mplayer developer, you'll get CVS write access. + you want to be an mplayer developer, you'll get CVS write access. 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 or if you know that your mailer messes - up (re-format) text attachments). + up (reformats) 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. + In the mail, describe in a few sentences what you change and why. If you made independent changes, try to send them as separate patches. Thank you! -- cgit v1.2.3