Clarify Patch requirements (3rd try)

Tony Lambregts tony_lambregts at telusplanet.net
Wed Mar 5 15:51:33 CST 2003


Why can't I get ^&*@!$ inline patches to work?

Change Log: Clarify patch requirements

Files changed: documentation/patches.sgml

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Tony Lambregts

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Index: patches.sgml
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RCS file: /home/wine/wine/documentation/patches.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 patches.sgml
--- patches.sgml	18 Feb 2003 23:23:35 -0000	1.6
+++ patches.sgml	5 Mar 2003 21:44:49 -0000
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
       </para>
       <para>
         For additions: mention that you have some new files and
-        include them as either separate attachments or by appending
-        the <command>diff -u /dev/null /my/new/file</command> output of them
+        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.
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
         <para>
-          No HTML mail please. It is considered bad netiquette as it uglifies
-          the message, and is not viewable by many of the subscribers.
+          No HTML mail. Since patchs should be inlined and HTML turns the 
+          patch into garbage. Also It is considered bad netiquette as it 
+          uglifies the message, and is not viewable by many of the subscribers.
         </para>
         </listitem>
          <listitem>
@@ -173,6 +174,15 @@
           and using "Properties" verify the message source to make sure that
           the mail has correct format. You might want to send several test
           emails to yourself too.
+        </para>
+      </sect2>
+      <sect2 id="Alexandre-Bottom-Line">
+        <title>Alexandre's Bottom Line</title>
+        <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 <Command>"cat raw_mail | patch -p0"</command> it's in the
+          wrong format.</quote>
         </para>
       </sect2>
     </sect1>


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