changeset 13414:ea01d0554a6e

split patches up as far as sensibly possible, but no further.
author diego
date Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:39:12 +0000
parents 725f3fe7a97c
children 0e06453daf08
files DOCS/tech/patches.txt
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/DOCS/tech/patches.txt	Tue Sep 21 08:30:36 2004 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/tech/patches.txt	Tue Sep 21 08:39:12 2004 +0000
@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@
     speak several languages you are of course welcome to update some of the
     translations as well.
 
- 7. If you make independent changes, try to send them as separate patches.
-    If your patch is very big, try splitting it into several self-contained
-    pieces. Each part can then be reviewed and committed separately.
+ 7. If you make independent changes, try to send them as separate patches
+    in separate mails. Likewise, if your patch is very big, try splitting
+    it into several self-contained pieces. Each part can then be reviewed
+    and committed separately. Logical units should stay together, though,
+    e.g. do not send a patch for every file you change.
 
  8. Send your patch to the mplayer-dev-eng mailing list as a base64-encoded
     attachment with the subject line: