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diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTE b/docs/CONTRIBUTE index 0eb44663a..75e7ebbb9 100644 --- a/docs/CONTRIBUTE +++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTE @@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ 1.3 What To Read Source code, the man pages, the INTERNALS document, TODO, KNOWN_BUGS, the - most recent CHANGES. Just lurking on the libcurl mailing list is gonna give - you a lot of insights on what's going on right now. Asking there is a good - idea too. + most recent CHANGES. Just lurking on the curl-library mailing list is gonna + give you a lot of insights on what's going on right now. Asking there is a + good idea too. 2. cURL Coding Standards @@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ 2.2 Indenting - Please try using the same indenting levels and bracing method as all the - other code already does. It makes the source code a lot easier to follow if - all of it is written using the same style. We don't ask you to like it, we - just ask you to follow the tradition! ;-) This mainly means: 2-level indents, - using spaces only (no tabs) and having the opening brace ({) on the same line - as the if() or while(). + Use the same indenting levels and bracing method as all the other code + already does. It makes the source code easier to follow if all of it is + written using the same style. We don't ask you to like it, we just ask you to + follow the tradition! ;-) This mainly means: 2-level indents, using spaces + only (no tabs) and having the opening brace ({) on the same line as the if() + or while(). Also note that we use if() and while() with no space before the parenthesis. @@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ description exactly what they correct so that all patches can be selectively applied by the maintainer or other interested parties. + Also, separate patches enable bisecting much better when we track problems in + the future. + 2.9 Patch Against Recent Sources Please try to get the latest available sources to make your patches @@ -178,6 +181,10 @@ test case that verifies that it works as documented. If every submitter also posts a few test cases, it won't end up as a heavy burden on a single person! + If you don't have test cases or perhaps you have done something that is very + hard to write tests for, do explain exactly how you have otherwise tested and + verified your changes. + 3. Pushing Out Your Changes 3.1 Write Access to git Repository |