[MPlayer-DOCS] CVS: main/DOCS/tech patches.txt,1.14,1.15

Diego Biurrun CVS syncmail at mplayerhq.hu
Sat Apr 17 12:30:28 CEST 2004


CVS change done by Diego Biurrun CVS

Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/tech
In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv1895/DOCS/tech

Modified Files:
	patches.txt 
Log Message:
Patches should not be compressed.


Index: patches.txt
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/tech/patches.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.14
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -r1.14 -r1.15
--- patches.txt	2 Apr 2004 23:35:11 -0000	1.14
+++ patches.txt	17 Apr 2004 10:30:25 -0000	1.15
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 Note: We know our rules place a burden on you, but rest assured that
 maintaining a big and complex software project is even harder, so please
 accept our rules. We cannot afford to spend our time fixing buggy, broken or
-outdated patches.
+outdated patches. The closer you follow our rules the higher is the probability
+that your patch will be included.
 
 0. Do not send complete files. These need to be diffed by hand to see the
    changes, which makes reviews harder and less likely to occur. Besides as
@@ -65,4 +66,7 @@
 11. If you made a nontrivial contribution and wish to be mentioned in the
     AUTHORS file, include that in your patch.
 
+12. Do not compress your patch unless it is very large. It only makes handling
+    the patch more difficult.
+
 Thank you!




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