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[194.223.178.180]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 19-20020a631653000000b0050376cedb3asm5379470pgw.24.2023.05.23.01.03.46 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 23 May 2023 01:03:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Kent Gibson To: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, brgl@bgdev.pl Cc: Kent Gibson Subject: [libgpiod][PATCH v2] README: provide more info in Contributing Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 16:03:34 +0800 Message-Id: <20230523080334.38971-1-warthog618@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.40.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org Add more detail to Contributing to make it easier for new users to contribute. Signed-off-by: Kent Gibson --- Changes v1 -> v2: - add more info on the mailing list and archive. README | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index b71739e..85b6300 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -275,8 +275,26 @@ were selected and help2man is available in the system. CONTRIBUTING ------------ -Contributions are welcome - please send patches and bug reports to -linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org (add the [libgpiod] prefix to the e-mail subject -line) and stick to the linux kernel coding style when submitting new code. +Contributions are welcome - please send questions, patches and bug reports +to the linux-gpio mailing list[2] by e-mailing to linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org +(add the [libgpiod] prefix to the e-mail subject line). +Note that the mailing list quietly drops HTML formatted e-mail, so be sure +to send plain text[3]. + +Code submissions should stick to the linux kernel coding style[4] and +follow the kernel patch submission process[5] as applied to the libgpiod +source tree. + +The mailing list archive[6] contains all the historical mails to the list, +and is the place to check to ensure your e-mail has been received. +Search for "libgpiod" to filter the list down to relevant messages. +Those also provide examples of the expected formatting. +Allow some time for your e-mail to propagate to the list before retrying, +particularly if there are no e-mails in the list more recent than yours. [1] https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core +[2] http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-gpio +[3] https://docs.kernel.org/process/email-clients.html +[4] https://docs.kernel.org/process/coding-style.html +[5] https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html +[6] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-gpio/