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| -rw-r--r-- | rules/source_repositories.mdwn | 20 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/rules/source_repositories.mdwn b/rules/source_repositories.mdwn index 044cf6ce..ed09b8c6 100644 --- a/rules/source_repositories.mdwn +++ b/rules/source_repositories.mdwn @@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ Equivalent rules apply. # Behavior +Try to not introduce spurious, unneeded changes, e.g., whitespace changes. + +Adhere to the coding conventions that are already used. These are usually the +[GNU Coding Standards](http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/) for stuff +written by ourselves, including new files, of course. + +GNU Mach code is largely based on external code. Don't GNU-ify it, as this +would make merging external patches unnecessarily difficult. + ## Behavior on branches Usually, branches are to be eventually merged back into their respective @@ -107,14 +116,3 @@ We could establish a branch-tagging policy for branches that others should expect their history possibly to be rewritten. This may be useful for branches that are only meant for aggregating the changes of (several) development branches, like `master-proposed_for_general_testing`. - -## Behavior in general - -Try to not introduce spurious, unneeded changes, e.g., whitespace changes. - -Adhere to the coding conventions that are already used. These are usually the -[GNU Coding Standards](http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/) for stuff -written by ourselves, including new files, of course. - -GNU Mach code is largely based on external code. Don't GNU-ify it, as this -would make merging external patches unnecessarily difficult. |