On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Philippe Ombredanne <pombreda...@nexb.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:19 AM, haris iqbal <haris.p...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 3:15 AM, Dmitry V. Levin <l...@altlinux.org> wrote: > [...] >>> Don't you see that the patch you are sending out is corrupted? >> >> Are you talking about the date in the first line? Or is it something else? >> >>> Is it really so difficult to submit an applicable patch? >> >> I am trying, I apologize if its really a simple thing. > > Haris: > actually, we all think this is really a simple thing and take it for granted. > Most strace contributors are experienced contributors to Linux > distros, kernel, libc or similar and can probably submit a patch in > their sleep. > > Yet I see most new contributors struggle to submit a clean patch to > the strace list. > So this must not be that easy after all: > and if this is not easy to so many then this is not your fault, but _OUR_ > fault! > > Hard is not a good thing here: > This creates an artificial barrier to new contributions. (Some might > say that this a good thing? I think not) > This wastes the precious time of Dmitry -strace's benevolent > maintainer for life ;)- when reviewing mundane issues of patch or code > formatting rather than dealing with the substance (or in some cases > the lack of it).
I agree, it is a hectic job. > > So let's come with a new wiki page to guide newbies through the paces > of submitting strace patches! > Something along the lines of these guides [1] and [2]? > (which you can check out: strace is much simpler than the kernel > though we use the same "ways") > (and since you will be going through this, may be you could take a > stab at writing a mini doc yourself as you go? and posting it here?) > wink-wink I read both the links and have already submitted the patch using git format-patch and git send-email. Once it is verified by Dmitry, I will write that guide for newbies. Thanks a lot for this reply. This really encouraged me, who otherwise was getting a little annoyed. :) > > Hopefully, we can make it easier for you and everyone to submit patches. > > [1] http://kernelnewbies.org/FirstKernelPatch > [2] > https://github.com/gregkh/kernel-tutorial/blob/master/kernel_patch_tutorial.pdf > -- > Cordially > Philippe Ombredanne > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Transform Data into Opportunity. > Accelerate data analysis in your applications with > Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. > Click to learn more. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785231&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Strace-devel mailing list > Strace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/strace-devel -- With regards, Md Haris Iqbal, Placement Coordinator, MTech IT NITK Surathkal, Contact: +91 8861996962 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785231&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Strace-devel mailing list Strace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/strace-devel
