From: J William Piggott Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 23:42:21 +0000 (-0400) Subject: docs: add information about mailing list rejection X-Git-Tag: v2.30~13 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b3d41ca07c071cc8be2a2cc089594ecdc43a1a08;p=thirdparty%2Futil-linux.git docs: add information about mailing list rejection Signed-off-by: J William Piggott --- diff --git a/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt b/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt index 71b9ed7717..245f9ab93d 100644 --- a/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt +++ b/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt @@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ Email Format Hint: use git commit -s The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the - patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the - right to pass it on as a open-source patch. The rules are pretty + patch; which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the + right to pass it on as an open-source patch. The rules are pretty simple; if you can certify the following: By making a contribution to this project, I certify that: @@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ Email Format * Followed by the unified diff patch. + Note: the mailing list will reject certain content. See ../README. + Coding Style * the preferred coding style is based on the linux kernel coding-style. diff --git a/README b/README index 81e0504c72..5656932871 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ MAILING LIST: E-MAIL: util-linux@vger.kernel.org URL: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#util-linux + The mailing list will reject email messages that contain: + - more than 100K characters + - html + - spam phrases/keywords + See: http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html#taboo + IRC CHANNEL: #util-linux at freenode.net: