From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6138 invoked by alias); 21 May 2013 05:26:01 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 6125 invoked by uid 89); 21 May 2013 05:26:00 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_NO autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Tue, 21 May 2013 05:26:00 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB0E42E8B3; Tue, 21 May 2013 01:25:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id kGtcsEmoa0z7; Tue, 21 May 2013 01:25:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 589D32E8AE; Tue, 21 May 2013 01:25:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B18FFC2B70; Tue, 21 May 2013 09:25:52 +0400 (RET) Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 05:26:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Pedro Alves Cc: GDB Patches Subject: Re: contribution checklist in the wiki Message-ID: <20130521052552.GT4017@adacore.com> References: <51965CE3.4020805@redhat.com> <20130520100618.GR4017@adacore.com> <519A3DCC.1020805@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <519A3DCC.1020805@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2013-05/txt/msg00753.txt.bz2 > IMO, having CONTRIBUTE in the source tree is a bit questionable. > E.g., a user might write a patch against 7.5, and send it to the list, > using the guidelines from 7.5's CONTRIBUTE file. But, that file might > well be outdated. The guidelines that really matter are the one's gdb > developers follow at present, which may already be different from > the one's in 7.5's CONTRIBUTE. I'd vote for migrating parts of the text > from CONTRIBUTE under "Submitting Patches" and "Supplemental information > for GDB" to the wiki. But we can leave CONTRIBUTE alone until the > documents actually diverge. Transitioning the info from CONTRIBUTE to point to the wiki would be OK for me. > I don't think we need to be super strict about these tags. > [PATCH]/[patch]/nothing is the same to me, as is > [RFC PATCH] vs [RFC][PATCH]. But I do think it's good to have > simple guidelines, mostly for people who are newcomers to the community. Agreed. Glad to see you put the patch description in the commit log, BTW! I started doing that a while ago too, internally first, really liking it, and then externally as well. -- Joel