doc/developer: Mention mime type and patchwork in "Submitting patches"

Suggested-by: ronald
Reviewed-by: Steven Liu <lingjiujianke@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>
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Michael Niedermayer 2016-10-11 03:05:48 +02:00
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@ -464,7 +464,11 @@ Patches should be posted to the
mailing list. Use @code{git send-email} when possible since it will properly
send patches without requiring extra care. If you cannot, then send patches
as base64-encoded attachments, so your patch is not trashed during
transmission.
transmission. Also ensure the correct mime type is used
(text/x-diff or text/x-patch or at least text/plain) and that only one
patch is inline or attached per mail.
You can check @url{https://patchwork.ffmpeg.org}, if your patch does not show up, its mime type
likely was wrong.
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