This adds some recommendations while submitting patches that fix warnings.
Signed-off-by: Ganesh Ajjanagadde <gajjanaga...@gmail.com>
---
doc/developer.texi | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi
index b8259e7..7324629 100644
--- a/doc/developer.texi
+++ b/doc/developer.texi
@@ -391,6 +391,12 @@ be changed to not generate a warning unless that causes a
slowdown
or obfuscates the code.
@item
+While fixing compiler warnings, please add some information to the commit
+message body indicating the compiler/environment version or configuration.
+This is very helpful for future maintainers since it eases possible
+modifications when the toolchain gets updated.
+
+@item
Make sure that no parts of the codebase that you maintain are missing from the
@file{MAINTAINERS} file. If something that you want to maintain is missing add
it with
your name after it.
--
2.5.2
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