On Jun 29, 2009, at 9:23 AM, Mark Rowe wrote:
On 2009-06-29, at 02:05, Johnny Ding wrote:
It will be better to send out detail explanation/design doc before
sending patches if the changes are big:)
Since when has writing a design document been part of the process of
contributing to WebKit?
We don't require design documents, but they do seem helpful sometimes
for architecture changes or new features.
I think for a new port it would not be very helpful. What would help
is breaking down the patch into small pieces, as others have
mentioned. Also helpful: split completely port-specific code in new
files from changes to core cross-platform code, as separate patches.
Another useful thing to do when adding a new port is to set up a
buildbot. This step tends to be more useful once the basic code is in
place.
Regards,
Maciej
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