[Scummvm-devel] Patch submission workflow

[Eugene Sandulenko]

On Tue, 5 Apr 2011 13:22:47 +0200
Max Horn <max at quendi.de> wrote:

> 
> Am 05.04.2011 um 12:50 schrieb Johannes Schickel:
> 
> > On 04/05/2011 10:54 AM, Max Horn wrote:
> >> 
> >> So, yes, submitting "patches" directly via a github pull request
> >> is fine. And for complex stuff, it is actually preferable.
> >> However, not everybody is comfortable with git, and therefore we
> >> definitely still want to let people use the regular patch tracker.
> > 
> > About patch tracker submissions, do we want to have patches created
> > by git format-patch nowadays? That would allow us to keep the
> > original author name + email in theory.
> 
> Well, my view is that we prefer github pull requests over patch
> submission; and for patch submissions, we prefer "git format-patch"
> style over "plain" patches. But we should still accept plain patches,
> else we cut off potentially useful contributions.
Agreed on all topics.

Github is a nice thing.


Eugene