[PATCH i-g-t v2 1/2] CONTRIBUTING: Add subscription and patchwork info

[Dixit, Ashutosh]

On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 06:34:23 -0700, Kamil Konieczny wrote:
>
> Add guide and link to subscription into mailing list and link
> for patchwork.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kamil Konieczny <kamil.konieczny at linux.intel.com>
> Acked-by: Zbigniew Kempczyński <zbigniew.kempczynski at intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda at intel.com>
> ---
>  CONTRIBUTING.md | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
> index 81057a2ad..8370451d6 100644
> --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
> +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
> @@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ Sending Patches
>
>    on its first invocation.
>
> +- If you plan to contribute regularly, please subscribe to igt-dev mailinglist:
> +  https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/igt-dev
> +  When you are not subscribed, please note that your contribution will take
> +  more time to reach to mailing list. You could find out if it was delivered or
> +  what is a testing status of your patches at page:
> +  https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/project/igt/series/

I've heard that patchwork is likely to be phased out in the future and
replaced with some infrastructure around lore.kernel.org (see below).

Maybe we can mention that emails, as well as test results, can also be seen
at:

https://lore.kernel.org/igt-dev/

> +
>  - Place relevant prefix in subject, for example when your change is in one
>    testfile, use its name without '.c' nor '.h' suffix, like:
>    tests/simple_test: short description
> --
> 2.49.0
>