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From: ng0 <ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:05:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Send changes in your patch which are related.
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* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): New @item:
This gives information about sending related changes and examples on
what we view as related changes.
Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
---
doc/contributing.texi | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index 6496e10a145..a3684a5e1dc 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -340,6 +340,13 @@ referring to people, such as
@uref{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they, singular
``they''@comma{} ``their''@comma{} ``them''}, and so forth.
+@item
+Verify that your patch contains only one set of related changes.
+Bundling unrelated changes together makes reviewing harder and slower.
+
+Examples of unrelated changes include the addition of several packages,
+or a package update along with fixes to that package.
+
@end enumerate
When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as
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