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Posted to commits@hbase.apache.org by st...@apache.org on 2012/09/21 21:10:35 UTC
svn commit: r1388627 - /hbase/trunk/src/docbkx/developer.xml
Author: stack
Date: Fri Sep 21 19:10:34 2012
New Revision: 1388627
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1388627&view=rev
Log:
Note on how to make patches
Modified:
hbase/trunk/src/docbkx/developer.xml
Modified: hbase/trunk/src/docbkx/developer.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/hbase/trunk/src/docbkx/developer.xml?rev=1388627&r1=1388626&r2=1388627&view=diff
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--- hbase/trunk/src/docbkx/developer.xml (original)
+++ hbase/trunk/src/docbkx/developer.xml Fri Sep 21 19:10:34 2012
@@ -691,9 +691,14 @@ mvn compile
<section xml:id="submitting.patches">
<title>Submitting Patches</title>
+ <para>If you are new to submitting patches to open source or new to submitting patches to Apache,
+ I'd suggest you start by reading the <link xlink:href="http://commons.apache.org/patches.html">On Contributing Patches</link>
+ page from <link xlink:href="http://commons.apache.org/">Apache Commons Project</link>. Its a nice overview that
+ applies equally to the HBase Project.</para>
<section xml:id="submitting.patches.create">
<title>Create Patch</title>
- <para>Patch files can be easily generated from Eclipse, for example by selecting "Team -> Create Patch".
+ <para>See the aforementioned Apache Commons link for how to make patches against a checked out subversion
+ repository. Patch files can also be easily generated from Eclipse, for example by selecting "Team -> Create Patch".
Patches can also be created by git diff and svn diff.
</para>
<para>Please submit one patch-file per Jira. For example, if multiple files are changed make sure the