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From: "Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" <arne_bab@web.de>
To: guile-devel@gnu.org
Subject: [patch] Add instructions for sending patches
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 16:12:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87czm3rx12.fsf@web.de> (raw)


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Hi,

the attached patch adds a small section to the website that I’ve been
missing a few times already, so I thought I’ll just add it :-)

The patch is for https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guile/guile-web.git/


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From 11da5a6eacb0052e66065bf39a34c55bd496b431 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 16:12:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add instructions for sending patches

---
 website/apps/base/contribute-page.scm | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/website/apps/base/contribute-page.scm b/website/apps/base/contribute-page.scm
index 630f05c..78441bf 100644
--- a/website/apps/base/contribute-page.scm
+++ b/website/apps/base/contribute-page.scm
@@ -60,6 +60,22 @@
 	   "are available in "
 	   (a (@ (href "https://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=guile"))
 	      "Git repositories") " at Savannah.")
+	(h2 (@ (id "patches")) "Sending patches")
+	(p "To contribute small improvements, please send patches to "
+	   (a (@ (href "mailto:guile-devel@gnu.org")) "guile-devel@gnu.org")
+       ".")
+	(ul
+	 (li "Please send a patch and commit log as produced by "
+	     (code "git format-patch") ".")
+	 (li "Please include a "
+	     (a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Change-Logs")) "ChangeLog-style commit log")
+	     " with your patch.")
+	 (li "If the patch changes more than about ten lines of code, we "
+	     "may ask you to assign your copyright to the FSF before it can "
+	     "be applied."))
+	(p "For larger changes, please discuss them first in the "
+	   (a (@ (href "https://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel/")) "development mailing list")
+       ".")
 	(h2 (@ (id "bugs")) "Reporting bugs")
 	(p "You do us a much-appreciated service when you report the bugs "
 	   "you find in Guile. Please don't assume we already know about "
-- 
2.34.0


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Best wishes,
Arne
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heißt politisch sein,
ohne es zu merken.
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             reply	other threads:[~2021-12-11 15:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-11 15:12 Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide [this message]
2021-12-11 19:33 ` [patch] Add instructions for sending patches Maxime Devos

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