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author | Waldemar Brodkorb <wbx@openadk.org> | 2014-03-26 12:32:06 +0100 |
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committer | Waldemar Brodkorb <wbx@openadk.org> | 2014-03-26 12:32:06 +0100 |
commit | 3f794fad83e51a090191803aa54f4a7fe0d5a2ef (patch) | |
tree | 7f745c03a30bb986995940f1a6354f065803dc53 /docs/patch-policy.txt | |
parent | e83010306d2b3f5b788cc6d432856c1b380d6de2 (diff) |
remove git as dependency, we now have snapshot tarballs
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
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: <some url> 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. |