[Buildroot] [PATCH 6 of 8] manual: contributing: minor rewording of 'submitting patches' section

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Thu Mar 6 06:39:32 UTC 2014


On 05/03/14 18:26, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> Thomas, All,
> 
> Not directly related to your patch...
> 
> On 2014-03-05 17:24 +0100, Thomas De Schampheleire spake thusly:
>> @@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ Hereafter the recommended layout:
>>  ---------------
>>  Patch title less than 80-character length
>>  
>> -Some more paragraph giving some more details.
>> +A paragraph giving more details.
>>  
>>  And yet another paragraph giving more details.
> 
> I like it when commit log are describing what the problem is, what the
> reason is, and how it is solved. Something like:
> 
>     Patch title: short explanation, less than 80 chars

 Actually, everything should be wrapped at 72 chars, since 'git log'
indents with a tab.


 Regards,
 Arnout

> 
>     A paragraph that explains the problem, and how
>     it manifests itself. If the problem is complex,
>     it is OK to add more paragraph.
> 
>     A paragraph that explains the root cause of the problem.
>     Again, more than on paragraph is OK.
> 
>     Finally, a paragraph than explains how it is solved.
>     
>     Signed-off-by: John DOE <john.doe at example.net>
> 
> Regards,
> Yann E. MORIN.
> 


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