[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] docs: update DEVELOPERS modification process

Baruch Siach baruch at tkos.co.il
Sat Nov 4 18:53:05 UTC 2017


Hi Joseph,

On Fri, Nov 03, 2017 at 02:10:53PM -0700, Joseph Kogut wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Joseph Kogut <joseph.kogut at gmail.com>
> ---
>  docs/manual/contribute.txt | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/manual/contribute.txt b/docs/manual/contribute.txt
> index a58945f395..8bbc2b9eb7 100644
> --- a/docs/manual/contribute.txt
> +++ b/docs/manual/contribute.txt
> @@ -260,9 +260,9 @@ options that no longer exist or are no longer needed.
> 
>  If you are interested in getting notified of build failures and of
>  further changes in the packages you added or modified, please add
> -yourself to the DEVELOPERS file. This should be done in a separate
> -patch of the series. See xref:DEVELOPERS[the DEVELOPERS file] for more
> -information.
> +yourself to the DEVELOPERS file. This should be done in the same patch
> +creating or modifying the package. See xref:DEVELOPERS[the DEVELOPERS file]
> +for more information.

Not sure about "or modifying". Mixing a DEVELOPERS update into a random 
package update does not always make sense. The manual only refers to new 
packages/boards. I suggest to drop this sentence entirely, and leave the 
details for the manual.

baruch

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