[MPlayer-DOCS] [PATCH] comments in patches.txt

[Alexander Strasser]

Extended the comment section of patches.txt a little.
The origin of these changes are the security problems
discovered recently. This rule should avoid most of
them in the future.

Alex (beastd)
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/tech/patches.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -r1.18 patches.txt
--- patches.txt	17 Jun 2004 08:43:18 -0000	1.18
+++ patches.txt	27 Jun 2004 11:56:00 -0000
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@
     any remaining cosmetics!
 
  5. Comment parts that really need it (tricky side-effects etc).
-    Commenting trivial code not required. Comments must be English!
+    Always document string operations! Comment on what you are doing
+    and why it is safe. This makes it easy to review and change your
+    code if needed. Commenting trivial code not required.
+    Comments must be English!
 
  6. If you implement new features, add or change command line switches or
     modify the behavior of existing features, please do not forget to also