On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 14:10:00 +0000, David Gee wrote: > From the documentation I know WHERE to submit them. I've also > looked at the coding standards, but I'd like to know: > > * What comments should be added to the source code if any, > in order to indicate changes made, by whom and why;
The 'by whom' if the change is substantial is recorded in the file header comment where the authors are listed. Otherwise it's recorded in the revision control system along with what the change was and why. > * The form in which the patch needs to be submitted. Ideally as a clean patch generated by `git format-patch` or by pushing a git repository somewhere and referencing that branch for us to pull and examine. > Sorry if this seems obvious. I'm interested specifically > in contributing to the RISC OS port. Contributions to that port are gratefully received. To begin with, try and produce the actual meat of the patch (the code fix) -- we can help you turn that into something acceptable for us to merge afterwards :) D. -- Daniel Silverstone http://www.netsurf-browser.org/ PGP mail accepted and encouraged. Key Id: 3CCE BABE 206C 3B69
