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ace95ca0
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ace95ca0
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Sep 22, 2003
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Dimitrie O. Paun
Committed by
Alexandre Julliard
Sep 22, 2003
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Small cleanups on how to send in patches.
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<chapter id="patches">
<title>Submitting Patches</title>
<para>
Written by &name-albert-den-haan; <email>&email-albert-den-haan;</email>
</para>
<sect1 id="patch-format">
<title>Patch Format</title>
<para>
Your patch should include:
Patches are submitted via email to the Wine patches mailing list,
<email>wine-patches@winehq.org</email>. Your patch should include:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
<para>
A long (paragraph) description of what was wrong and what is now
better
(and now broken :)
. (recommended)
better. (recommended)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Change Log: A short description of what was changed
.
A change log entry (short description of what was changed)
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Your contact information ( Name/Handle and e-mail )
The patch in <command>diff -u</command> format
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
The patch in <command>diff -u</command> format (it happens...)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
<command>cvs diff -u</command> works great for the common case
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make sure you explicitly take care of this rare case.
</para>
<para>
For additions: mention that you have some new files and
include them by appending the
For additions simply include them by appending the
<command>diff -u /dev/null /my/new/file</command> output of them
to any <command>cvs diff -u</command> output you may have.
Alternatively, use <command>diff -Nu olddir/ newdir/</command>
in case of multiple new files to add.
</para>
<para>
For removals,
list the files
.
For removals,
clearly list the files in the description of the patch
.
</para>
<para>
Since wine is constantly changing due to development it is strongly
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<para>
<quote>The basic rules are: no attachments, no mime crap, no
line wrapping, a single patch per mail. Basically if I can't
do <
C
ommand>"cat raw_mail | patch -p0"</command> it's in the
do <
c
ommand>"cat raw_mail | patch -p0"</command> it's in the
wrong format.</quote>
</para>
</sect2>
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