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authorMark McLoughlin <mark@skynet.ie>2002-05-15 22:54:09 +0000
committerMark McLoughlin <mmclouglin@src.gnome.org>2002-05-15 22:54:09 +0000
commit2c33ce830b9c0eefcd2e291a1fb6a7706793ad9f (patch)
tree66fbf8e5fa475f2cef4a6367d4ed3349723d6865 /HACKING
parent4edbbfc12a47d45d5d877c47f0fa9cf82c0f6525 (diff)
downloadgnome-desktop-2c33ce830b9c0eefcd2e291a1fb6a7706793ad9f.tar.gz
make a little more helpful.
2002-05-16 Mark McLoughlin <mark@skynet.ie> * HACKING, README: make a little more helpful.
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Hacking on gnome-desktop:
-------------------------
- * Please send patch to desktop-devel-list@gnome.org or to the
-people listed in the MAINTAINERS file.
+ * Please send patches to desktop-devel-list@gnome.org or to
+the people listed in the MAINTAINERS file. Your patch should be in
+unified diff form. (The -u option to GNU diff.)
+
+ * Please try and send a patch against a recent version of this
+package. Patches against CVS HEAD are most preferable. For information
+on how to access GNOME CVS please read:
+
+ FIXME
* Don't commit any but the most trivial patches to without
approval.
@@ -14,6 +21,3 @@ approval.
fixes to the .spec files.
+ Build sheriff are welcome - in accordance with the
relevant build sheriff constraints.
-
- * We are now in API, Feature and Strings freeze. Make sure you
-understand what this means.