https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17724
[email protected] changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|normal |trivial Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Priority|Normal |Lowest Resolution|WONTFIX | Summary|add patch instructions to a |consider adding patch |comment at the top of each |instructions, as recommended |patch file |by patch man page --- Comment #8 from [email protected] 2009-03-01 16:45:01 UTC --- The patch man page also says: NOTES FOR PATCH SENDERS There are several things you should bear in mind if you are going to be sending out patches. Create your patch systematically. A good method is the command diff -Naur old new where old and new identify the old and new directories. The names old and new should not contain any slashes... Tell your recipients how to apply the patch by telling them which directory to cd to, and which patch options to use. The option string -Np1 is recommended. Test your procedure by pretending to be a recipient and applying your patch to a copy of the original files. You can save people a lot of grief by... So I'll reopen the bug so Tim can consider adding patch instructions to a comment at the top of each patch file or not. Also perhaps note in the instructions that after applying the patch, the directory might still be renamed by hand, to the new name shown in the patch. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
