Update patch submission instructions

* Mention benefits of GitHub PRs
* Suggest sending message to qubes-devel in addition to PR
* Update link to qubes-devel
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Andrew David Wong 2016-11-19 21:28:36 -08:00
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@ -57,7 +57,13 @@ If you want to contribute code to the project, there are two ways. Whichever
method you choose, you must [sign your code] before it can be accepted.
* **Preferred**: Use GitHub's [fork & pull requests].
* Send a patch to our developer [mailing list] (`git format-patch`).
Opening a pull request on GitHub greatly eases the code review and tracking
process. In addition, especially for bigger changes, it's a good idea to send
a message to the [qubes-devel mailing list] in order to notify people who
do not receive GitHub notifications.
* Send a patch to the [qubes-devel mailing list] (`git format-patch`).
1. Make all the changes in your working directory, i.e. edit files, move them
around (you can use 'git mv' for this), etc.
@ -77,5 +83,5 @@ method you choose, you must [sign your code] before it can be accepted.
[QubesOS GitHub account]: https://github.com/QubesOS/
[sign your code]: /doc/code-signing/
[fork & pull requests]: https://guides.github.com/activities/forking/
[mailing list]: /doc/mailing-lists/
[qubes-devel mailing list]: /mailing-lists/#qubes-devel