From 3a78fab83dd5faa80d8eecd792f40dde6e334c7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ng0 Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:05:30 +0000 Subject: doc: Send changes in your patch which are related. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): New @item: This gives information about sending related changes and examples on what we view as related changes. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès --- doc/contributing.texi | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 6496e10a14..a3684a5e1d 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -340,6 +340,13 @@ referring to people, such as @uref{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they, singular ``they''@comma{} ``their''@comma{} ``them''}, and so forth. +@item +Verify that your patch contains only one set of related changes. +Bundling unrelated changes together makes reviewing harder and slower. + +Examples of unrelated changes include the addition of several packages, +or a package update along with fixes to that package. + @end enumerate When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as -- cgit 1.4.1