[libvirt] [PATCHv3] docs: Improve patch submission guidelines

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 02:45:34PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 07/12/2012 03:44 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> > We should really advise (new) developers to send rebased patches
> > that apply cleanly and use git-send-email rather than all other
> > obscure ways.
> > ---
> > diff to v2:
> > -Eric's suggestions worked in
> > 
> >  HACKING              |   37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  docs/hacking.html.in |   49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >  2 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> ACK with one spelling nit fixed.
> 
> > +++ b/docs/hacking.html.in
> > @@ -11,19 +11,58 @@
> >  
> >        <li><p>Post patches in unified diff format.  A command similar to this
> >          should work:</p>
> > -<pre>
> > +<del><pre>
> 
> I'm not familiar with the <del> tag, but assume it made a useful
> difference.  At any rate, the toolchain didn't choke on it.

Use of the <del> tag seems rather odd here. I don't think it should
be used. Semantically it is used to mark a piece of text as "deleted"
while leaving it in place. Typically this would be rendered in a
different colour, perhaps with a line through.


Daniel
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