<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,<br><br></div>I am in the process of writing the wiki page for "Guide for new contributors" (sorry for the delay, I was busy with my academic project). I just want to know where should I submit the wiki page?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 6:50 PM, haris iqbal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:haris.phnx@gmail.com" target="_blank">haris.phnx@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Philippe Ombredanne<br>
<<a href="mailto:pombredanne@nexb.com">pombredanne@nexb.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:19 AM, haris iqbal <<a href="mailto:haris.phnx@gmail.com">haris.phnx@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 3:15 AM, Dmitry V. Levin <<a href="mailto:ldv@altlinux.org">ldv@altlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> [...]<br>
>>> Don't you see that the patch you are sending out is corrupted?<br>
>><br>
>> Are you talking about the date in the first line? Or is it something else?<br>
>><br>
>>> Is it really so difficult to submit an applicable patch?<br>
>><br>
>> I am trying, I apologize if its really a simple thing.<br>
><br>
> Haris:<br>
> actually, we all think this is really a simple thing and take it for granted.<br>
> Most strace contributors are experienced contributors to Linux<br>
> distros, kernel, libc or similar and can probably submit a patch in<br>
> their sleep.<br>
><br>
> Yet I see most new contributors struggle to submit a clean patch to<br>
> the strace list.<br>
> So this must not be that easy after all:<br>
> and if this is not easy to so many then this is not your fault, but _OUR_ fault!<br>
><br>
> Hard is not a good thing here:<br>
> This creates an artificial barrier to new contributions. (Some might<br>
> say that this a good thing? I think not)<br>
> This wastes the precious time of Dmitry -strace's benevolent<br>
> maintainer for life ;)- when reviewing mundane issues of patch or code<br>
> formatting rather than dealing with the substance (or in some cases<br>
> the lack of it).<br>
<br>
</div></div>I agree, it is a hectic job.<br>
<span class=""><br>
><br>
> So let's come with a new wiki page to guide newbies through the paces<br>
> of submitting strace patches!<br>
> Something along the lines of these guides [1] and [2]?<br>
> (which you can check out: strace is much simpler than the kernel<br>
> though we use the same "ways")<br>
> (and since you will be going through this, may be you could take a<br>
> stab at writing a mini doc yourself as you go? and posting it here?)<br>
> wink-wink<br>
<br>
</span>I read both the links and have already submitted the patch using git<br>
format-patch and git send-email. Once it is verified by Dmitry, I will<br>
write that guide for newbies. Thanks a lot for this reply. This really<br>
encouraged me, who otherwise was getting a little annoyed. :)<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
><br>
> Hopefully, we can make it easier for you and everyone to submit patches.<br>
><br>
> [1] <a href="http://kernelnewbies.org/FirstKernelPatch" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://kernelnewbies.org/FirstKernelPatch</a><br>
> [2] <a href="https://github.com/gregkh/kernel-tutorial/blob/master/kernel_patch_tutorial.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/gregkh/kernel-tutorial/blob/master/kernel_patch_tutorial.pdf</a><br>
> --<br>
> Cordially<br>
> Philippe Ombredanne<br>
><br>
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</div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">--<br>
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With regards,<br>
<br>
Md Haris Iqbal,<br>
Placement Coordinator, MTech IT<br>
NITK Surathkal,<br>
Contact: +91 8861996962<br>
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