From 07f77dad7afb5254d3d45158a2623f64b9290c8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Diego Biurrun Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:58:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Explain the process of patch review and commit a bit. Originally committed as revision 20119 to svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/trunk --- doc/developer.texi | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi index aec3c66008..f84885d3af 100644 --- a/doc/developer.texi +++ b/doc/developer.texi @@ -267,6 +267,16 @@ and has no lrint()') Also please if you send several patches, send each patch as a separate mail, do not attach several unrelated patches to the same mail. +Your patch will be reviewed on the mailing list. You will likely be asked +to make some changes and are expected to send in an improved version that +incorporates the requests from the review. This process may go through +several iterations. Once your patch is deemed good enough, some developer +will pick it up and commit it to the official FFmpeg tree. + +Give us a few days to react. But if some time passes without reaction, +send a reminder by email. Your patch should eventually be dealt with. + + @section New codecs or formats checklist @enumerate