From 3f794fad83e51a090191803aa54f4a7fe0d5a2ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Waldemar Brodkorb Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:32:06 +0100 Subject: remove git as dependency, we now have snapshot tarballs --- docs/patch-policy.txt | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/patch-policy.txt') diff --git a/docs/patch-policy.txt b/docs/patch-policy.txt index b5a585b5e..e948661cf 100644 --- a/docs/patch-policy.txt +++ b/docs/patch-policy.txt @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ While integrating a new package or updating an existing one, it may be necessary to patch the source of the software to get it cross-built within OpenADK. OpenADK offers an infrastructure to automatically handle this during the builds. Patches are provided within OpenADK, in the package directory; -these typically aim to fix cross-compilation, libc support, or other such -issues. +these typically aim to fix cross-compilation, libc support, portability issues +or other things. Normally the patches are autogenerated via: ------------ @@ -80,3 +80,11 @@ Fetch from: It is also sensible to add a few words about any changes to the patch that may have been necessary. + +Upstreaming patches +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +OpenADK tries to avoid any patches to the source code. If a patch could +not be avoided, it should be tried to make the patch of a good quality to +get it upstream. OpenADK tries to report any found issues and try to send +in any upstream compatible patches. -- cgit v1.2.3