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diff --git a/COMMIT_NOTES b/COMMIT_NOTES new file mode 100644 index 0000000..592808c --- /dev/null +++ b/COMMIT_NOTES @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +A quick list of rules for committing stuff into netfilter git: + +- Always add an appropriate description, in git format + (i.e. first line is a summary) + +- Please try to include references to bugs when the description does not + include total discussion coverage or when the bug report is external to + netfilter-devel, e.g. + "Closes: netfilter bugzilla #123", or + "Reference: http://bugs.{debian,gentoo}.org/..." + +- If you touch any parts of libxtables (xtables.c, include/xtables.h.in), + make sure the so-version is updated _appropriately_ (i.e. read the + libtool manual about Versioning:: first, if need be) in configure.ac. + Adding fields to a struct always entails a vcurrent bump. + + - Check, whether a bump (vcurrent,vage) has already been made since the + last release (no more than one per release), e.g.: + git log v1.4.4.. configure.ac |