[MPlayer-cvslog] r29411 - trunk/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt

[diego]

Author: diego
Date: Sat Jul  4 15:26:51 2009
New Revision: 29411

Log:
Add a section about handling external code to the policy.

Modified:
   trunk/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt

Modified: trunk/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt
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--- trunk/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt	Fri Jul  3 18:10:58 2009	(r29410)
+++ trunk/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt	Sat Jul  4 15:26:51 2009	(r29411)
@@ -315,6 +315,15 @@ II. POLICY / RULES:
     IRC is good for quick discussions, but nobody is there 24/7.
 
 
+14. MPlayer contains some external code that is partly patched, partly copied
+    verbatim (see Copyright for details). This code should not be modified
+    unless there is a very good reason. Much of it is maintained upstream.
+    We should be good open source citizens, submit our fixes upstream and keep
+    the differences as small as possible.
+    If you have to modify external code, do not forget to update the diff file
+    with our local changes.
+
+
 Also read DOCS/tech/patches.txt !!!!
 
 We think our rules are not too hard. If you have comments, contact us.