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-rw-r--r--docs/hacking.html.in15
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index b94487cc21..5486d8edcd 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+-*- buffer-read-only: t -*- vi: set ro:
+DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE! IT IS GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY!
+
Libvirt contributor guidelines
==============================
diff --git a/docs/hacking.html.in b/docs/hacking.html.in
index 8771c54f97..f5ec6352aa 100644
--- a/docs/hacking.html.in
+++ b/docs/hacking.html.in
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
</pre>
<p>
- Note that sometimes you'll have to postprocess that output further, by
+ Note that sometimes you'll have to post-process that output further, by
piping it through "expand -i", since some leading TABs can get through.
Usually they're in macro definitions or strings, and should be converted
anyhow.
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
#include &lt;limits.h&gt;
#if HAVE_NUMACTL Some system includes aren't supported
- # include &lt;numa.h&gt; everywhere so need these #if defences.
+ # include &lt;numa.h&gt; everywhere so need these #if guards.
#endif
#include "internal.h" Include this first, after system includes.
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@
- <h2><a name="committers">Libvirt committers guidelines</a></h2>
+ <h2><a name="committers">Libvirt committer guidelines</a></h2>
<p>
The AUTHORS files indicates the list of people with commit access right
@@ -541,11 +541,12 @@
</p>
<p>
- The general rule for committing patches is to make sure it has been reviewed
- properly in the mailing-list first, usually if a couple of persons gave an
+ The general rule for committing a patch is to make sure
+ it has been reviewed
+ properly in the mailing-list first, usually if a couple of people gave an
ACK or +1 to a patch and nobody raised an objection on the list it should
- be good to go. If the patch touches a part of the code where you're not the
- main maintainer, or where you donot have a very clear idea of
+ be good to go. If the patch touches a part of the code where you're not
+ the main maintainer, or where you do not have a very clear idea of
how things work, it's better
to wait for a more authoritative feedback though. Before committing, please
also rebuild locally, run 'make check syntax-check', and make sure you