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author | Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> | 2022-04-04 21:20:53 -0400 |
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committer | Tom Hromatka <tom.hromatka@oracle.com> | 2022-04-15 07:41:50 -0600 |
commit | 3c0dedd45713d7928c459b6523b78f4cfd435269 (patch) | |
tree | c3888d1314bea87506f2d7eb687cff10fb702caf /CONTRIBUTING.md | |
parent | 2657109b5802f22ec0de693f03db880b83ea5624 (diff) | |
download | libseccomp-3c0dedd45713d7928c459b6523b78f4cfd435269.tar.gz |
doc: remove the mailing list
Ever since the move to GH, the mailing list hasn't been very useful
or very popular so let's just drop it.
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Signed-off-by: Tom Hromatka <tom.hromatka@oracle.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'CONTRIBUTING.md')
-rw-r--r-- | CONTRIBUTING.md | 49 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 7130b90..350d370 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -113,47 +113,8 @@ your real name, saying: You can add this to your commit description in `git` with `git commit -s` -## Post Your Patches Upstream - -The libseccomp project accepts both GitHub pull requests and patches sent via -the mailing list. GitHub pull requests are preferred. This sections below -explain how to contribute via either method. Please read each step and perform -all steps that apply to your chosen contribution method. - -### Submitting via Email - -Depending on how you decided to work with the libseccomp code base and what -tools you are using there are different ways to generate your patch(es). -However, regardless of what tools you use, you should always generate your -patches using the "unified" diff/patch format and the patches should always -apply to the libseccomp source tree using the following command from the top -directory of the libseccomp sources: - - # patch -p1 < changes.patch - -If you are not using git, stacked git (stgit), or some other tool which can -generate patch files for you automatically, you may find the following command -helpful in generating patches, where "libseccomp.orig/" is the unmodified -source code directory and "libseccomp/" is the source code directory with your -changes: - - # diff -purN libseccomp.orig/ libseccomp/ - -When in doubt please generate your patch and try applying it to an unmodified -copy of the libseccomp sources; if it fails for you, it will fail for the rest -of us. - -Finally, you will need to email your patches to the mailing list so they can -be reviewed and potentially merged into the main libseccomp repository. When -sending patches to the mailing list it is important to send your email in text -form, no HTML mail please, and ensure that your email client does not mangle -your patches. It should be possible to save your raw email to disk and apply -it directly to the libseccomp source code; if that fails then you likely have -a problem with your email client. When in doubt try a test first by sending -yourself an email with your patch and attempting to apply the emailed patch to -the libseccomp repository; if it fails for you, it will fail for the rest of -us trying to test your patch and include it in the main libseccomp repository. - -### Submitting via GitHub - -See [this guide](https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request) if you've never done this before. +## Post Your Patches to GitHub + +The libseccomp project accepts new patches via GitHub pull requests, if you +are not familiar with GitHub pull requests please see +[this guide](https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request). |