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

[Andreas Rheinhardt]

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.
                ^                                                 ^
                maybe spell this out                              a

(I presume that the pre- and post-release version bump patches are
supposed to be exempt from this?)

> +Non cosmetic changes to @file{MAINTAINERS} should not be in a patch with other changes.
>  @end enumerate
>  
>  @chapter Patch review process
>