Hi,
I am in the process of writing the wiki page for "Guide for new
contributors" (sorry for the delay, I was busy with my academic project). I
just want to know where should I submit the wiki page?
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 6:50 PM, haris iqbal <haris.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
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> With regards,
>
> Md Haris Iqbal,
> Placement Coordinator, MTech IT
> NITK Surathkal,
> Contact: +91 8861996962
>
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With regards,
*Md Haris Iqbal,Placement Coordinator, MTech ITNITK Surathkal,Contact: +91
8861996962*
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