r19864 - htdocs/trunk - Update patch submission procedure

Geert Janssens gjanssens at code.gnucash.org
Tue Nov 23 05:29:08 EST 2010


Author: gjanssens
Date: 2010-11-23 05:29:08 -0500 (Tue, 23 Nov 2010)
New Revision: 19864
Trac: http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/19864

Modified:
   htdocs/trunk/docs.phtml
Log:
Update patch submission procedure

Modified: htdocs/trunk/docs.phtml
===================================================================
--- htdocs/trunk/docs.phtml	2010-11-22 20:17:18 UTC (rev 19863)
+++ htdocs/trunk/docs.phtml	2010-11-23 10:29:08 UTC (rev 19864)
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@
 <h3><?php echo T_("Writers");?></h3>
 <p><?php echo T_("Get a copy of the documentation source as described above and start making changes. When you are satisfied with your changes you can create a patch by running the following command in the base directory of the documentation (usually gnucash-docs, unless you renamed it):");?></p>
 <pre>svn diff > my-patch-name.patch</pre>
-<p><?php echo T_("The usual procedure for contributors to GnuCash is to initially submit patches to the <a href='mailto:gnucash-devel at lists.gnucash.org'>gnucash-devel</a> mailing list. We will handle getting the patches added into svn until you are given an account. You can also add the patch to a bug report in <a href='http://bugzilla.gnome.org/'>bugzilla.gnome.org</a> if you wish.");?></p>
+<p><?php echo T_("The usual procedure for contributors to GnuCash is to initially attach your patch to a bug report in <a href='http://bugzilla.gnome.org/'>bugzilla.gnome.org</a> and send an email to <a href='mailto:gnucash-devel at lists.gnucash.org'>gnucash-devel</a> mailing list to inform other developers on your work.");?></p>
+<p><?php echo T_("It used to be ok also to send your patch directly to the gnucash-devel list. This is discouraged now, as a patch is easily forgotten between the many list discussions. Attach patches to bugs in Bugzilla instead (either an existing bug or a new one). If you insist on sending a patch to gnucash-devel, it should be attached, not inlined.");?></p>
 <p><?php echo T_("Please let other writers know which section you wish to tackle. Please forward this to <a href='mailto:gnucash-devel at lists.gnucash.org'>gnucash-devel</a> so that people can say 'hey I'm doing that already' or 'go ahead and do it'.");?></p>
 <p><?php echo T_("You may also want to retain a local copy of the old documentation to refer to when writing. This still has a lot of useful information in it which hasn't been transferred to the new docs");?></p>
     



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