Inspired by the discussion in https://lore.ptxdist.org/ptxdist/[email protected]
Cc: Artur Wiebe <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <[email protected]> --- doc/contributing.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/contributing.rst b/doc/contributing.rst index e4209480893d..63da67802222 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.rst +++ b/doc/contributing.rst @@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ in mind: - Run ``ptxdist licensecheck [<pkg>]`` to make sure that the checksum of pinned-down license files haven't changed. + If the license file has changed, look at the difference between the old and + the new version of the file (e.g. by comparing the two versioned build + folders in ``platform-nnn/build-target/``), and update the package's + ``_LICENSE`` variable if necessary. + Often the difference is only in the copyright year, but in any case, describe + the changes in the license file when sending your patch! + Misc ~~~~ -- 2.39.2
