docs: favour small patches

http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg04084.html Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
2011-02-15 09:03:28 +01:00 · 2011-02-15 09:03:28 +01:00 · 47a4b840c3
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     * one patch per email, with the changelog in the body of the email.

+     * many small patches are favoured over one big. Break down is done on
+       basis of logical functionality; for example #endif mark ups, compiler
+       warning and exit codes fixes all should be individual small patches.
+
     * Subject: [PATCH] subsystem: description

     * if someone else wrote the patch, they should be credited (and blamed)