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04/05: doc: Point out preference of message format.
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Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
04/05: doc: Point out preference of message format. |
Date: |
Sun, 24 Jul 2016 17:55:53 +0000 (UTC) |
civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit 0f53b886e27ac6ea340d19f3627c273c7f82016e
Author: ng0 <address@hidden>
Date: Thu Jul 21 12:44:57 2016 +0000
doc: Point out preference of message format.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Includes a note on
preference of plain text messages with either inline or MIME attachments
and advise contributers to pay attention if their email client breaks the
patches.
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
---
doc/contributing.texi | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index c8f884e..c0755bb 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -337,4 +337,7 @@ referring to people, such as
When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as
a subject. You may use your email client or the @command{git
-send-email} command.
+send-email} command. We prefer to get patches in plain text messages,
+either inline or as MIME attachments. You are advised to pay attention if
+your email client changes anything like line breaks or indentation which
+could could potentially break the patches.
- branch master updated (a308c23 -> 99fe215), Ludovic Courtès, 2016/07/24
- 02/05: doc: address@hidden: Use 'modify-phases'., Ludovic Courtès, 2016/07/24
- 01/05: doc: Explain how to set up Git for signing., Ludovic Courtès, 2016/07/24
- 04/05: doc: Point out preference of message format.,
Ludovic Courtès <=
- 05/05: lint: 'inputs-should-be-native' checks for intltool, itstool and glib:bin., Ludovic Courtès, 2016/07/24
- 03/05: doc: Explain that contributors can use a pseudonym., Ludovic Courtès, 2016/07/24