[Mesa-dev] [PATCH] docs: add links to clarify patch mailing section

Eric Engestrom eric.engestrom at imgtec.com
Fri Aug 26 09:42:22 UTC 2016


On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 07:49:05PM -0400, Nicholas Bishop wrote:
> From: Nicholas Bishop <nicholasbishop at gmail.com>
> 
> - Changed "Mesa mailing list" to "mesa-dev mailing list" to clarify
>   which list patches should be sent to
> 
> - Added an explicit link to
>   https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev to show
>   where to subscribe to the list
> 
> - Added a link to https://git-scm.com/docs/git-send-email to help new
>   users of that command

Missing s-o-b (although not required), you might want to add:
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bishop <nicholasbishop at gmail.com>

The patch itself is good. Thanks!
Reviewed-by: Eric Engestrom <eric.engestrom at imgtec.com>

> ---
>  docs/devinfo.html | 12 ++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/devinfo.html b/docs/devinfo.html
> index 489d263..e13837c 100644
> --- a/docs/devinfo.html
> +++ b/docs/devinfo.html
> @@ -252,10 +252,14 @@ check for regressions.
>  <h3>Mailing Patches</h3>
>  
>  <p>
> -Patches should be sent to the Mesa mailing list for review.
> -When submitting a patch make sure to use git send-email rather than attaching
> -patches to emails. Sending patches as attachments prevents people from being
> -able to provide in-line review comments.
> +Patches should be sent to the mesa-dev mailing list for review:
> +<a href="https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev">
> +mesa-dev at lists.freedesktop.org<a/>. 
> +When submitting a patch make sure to use
> +<a href="https://git-scm.com/docs/git-send-email">git send-email</a>
> +rather than attaching patches to emails. Sending patches as
> +attachments prevents people from being able to provide in-line review
> +comments.
>  </p>
>  
>  <p>
> -- 
> 2.7.4


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