[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] doc/developer: patches should not cross libs or mix MAINTAINER changes in

[Michael Niedermayer]

maintainer part inspired by IRC comments by lynne

Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
---
 doc/developer.texi | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi
index addee0d8263..eae3ade48a7 100644
--- a/doc/developer.texi
+++ b/doc/developer.texi
@@ -683,6 +683,10 @@ are notoriously left unchecked, which is a serious problem.
 @item
 Test your code with valgrind and or Address Sanitizer to ensure it's free
 of leaks, out of array accesses, etc.
+
+ at item
+Changes to 2 libs which change both versions should be in 2 seperate patches.
+Non cosmetic changes to @file{MAINTAINERS} should not be in a patch with other changes.
 @end enumerate
 
 @chapter Patch review process
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2.17.1