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diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi index 691a907949..f24b4fe41c 100644 --- a/doc/developer.texi +++ b/doc/developer.texi @@ -267,8 +267,13 @@ For Emacs, add these roughly equivalent lines to your @file{.emacs.d/init.el}: The commit message should have a short first line in the form of a @samp{topic: short description} as a header, separated by a newline from the body consisting of an explanation of why the change is necessary. - Referring to the issue on the bug tracker does not exempt to report an - excerpt of the bug. + If the commit fixes a known bug on the bug tracker, the commit message + should include its bug ID. Referring to the issue on the bug tracker does + not exempt you from writing an excerpt of the bug in the commit message. + If the patch is a bug fix which should be backported to stable releases, + i.e. a non-API/ABI-breaking bug fix, add @code{CC: libav-stable@@libav.org} + to the bottom of your commit message, and make sure to CC your patch to + this address, too. Some git setups will do this automatically. @item Work in progress patches should be sent to the mailing list with the [WIP] or the [RFC] tag. |