From: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:03:28 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: docs: favour small patches
X-Git-Tag: v2.20-rc1~568
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docs: favour small patches

http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg04084.html

Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
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diff --git a/README.devel b/README.devel
index 752427d767..d76baafa52 100644
--- a/README.devel
+++ b/README.devel
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ PATCHES:
 
      * one patch per email, with the changelog in the body of the email.
 
+     * many small patches are favoured over one big. Break down is done on
+       basis of logical functionality; for example #endif mark ups, compiler
+       warning and exit codes fixes all should be individual small patches.
+
      * Subject: [PATCH] subsystem: description
 
      * if someone else wrote the patch, they should be credited (and blamed)