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. method you choose, you must [sign your code] before it can be accepted.
* **Preferred**: Use GitHub's [fork & pull requests]. * **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 1. Make all the changes in your working directory, i.e. edit files, move them
around (you can use 'git mv' for this), etc. 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/ [QubesOS GitHub account]: https://github.com/QubesOS/
[sign your code]: /doc/code-signing/ [sign your code]: /doc/code-signing/
[fork & pull requests]: https://guides.github.com/activities/forking/ [fork & pull requests]: https://guides.github.com/activities/forking/
[mailing list]: /doc/mailing-lists/ [qubes-devel mailing list]: /mailing-lists/#qubes-devel