changeset 14898:57d00d7a9182

Patches should not be sent as replies to unrelated threads.
author diego
date Thu, 03 Mar 2005 11:29:33 +0000
parents cc02417dbf22
children 335964188675
files DOCS/tech/patches.txt
diffstat 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/DOCS/tech/patches.txt	Thu Mar 03 10:23:28 2005 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/tech/patches.txt	Thu Mar 03 11:29:33 2005 +0000
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
     The subject line is very important if you do not want your patch to get
     lost in the noise. We need the uppercase [PATCH] to be able to search
     for unapplied patches, so please use it.
+    Do not send your patch as a reply to some other unrelated mail, compose
+    a new message, otherwise it will probably get overlooked.
     Do not compress your patch unless it is larger than 80k or if you know
     that your mailer messes up (reformats) text attachments. It only makes
     handling the patch more difficult. If you have to compress your patch,