website: mention bugzilla registration on sending_patches

Henri Verbeet hverbeet at gmail.com
Sat Jun 6 04:53:48 CDT 2009


2009/6/6 Jeff Zaroyko <jeffzaroyko at gmail.com>:
> On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Henri Verbeet<hverbeet at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2009/6/6 Jeff Zaroyko <jeffzaroyko at gmail.com>:
>>> + <li>Register an account on the Wine bugzilla with the email address you use to send patches.
>>
>> Why would I do that?
>>
>
> Just so that persons who follow the regression testing instructions
> can cc the author of the patch.
> Here's an example, http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18786#c2
>
Regular contributors typically read bugzilla anyway, although not
necessarily with the same email address. I'm not sure if it's worth
the extra effort for someone sending just a couple of patches.
Regardless, if you're going to add that line, it probably makes sense
to add a bit of explanation as well.



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