Loading CONTRIBUTING +17 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -53,3 +53,20 @@ guidelines: documentation. Please look at the "pod" files in doc/man[1357] for examples of our style. Run "make doc-nits" to make sure that your documentation changes are clean. 7. For user visible changes (API changes, behaviour changes, ...), consider adding a note in CHANGES. This could be a summarising description of the change, and could explain the grander details. Have a look through existing entries for inspiration. Please note that this is NOT simply a copy of git-log oneliners. Also note that security fixes get an entry in CHANGES. This file helps users get more in depth information of what comes with a specific release without having to sift through the higher noise ratio in git-log. 8. For larger or more important user visible changes, as well as security fixes, please add a line in NEWS. On exception, it might be worth adding a multi-line entry (such as the entry that announces all the types that became opaque with OpenSSL 1.1.0). This file helps users get a very quick summary of what comes with a specific release, to see if an upgrade is worth the effort. Loading
CONTRIBUTING +17 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -53,3 +53,20 @@ guidelines: documentation. Please look at the "pod" files in doc/man[1357] for examples of our style. Run "make doc-nits" to make sure that your documentation changes are clean. 7. For user visible changes (API changes, behaviour changes, ...), consider adding a note in CHANGES. This could be a summarising description of the change, and could explain the grander details. Have a look through existing entries for inspiration. Please note that this is NOT simply a copy of git-log oneliners. Also note that security fixes get an entry in CHANGES. This file helps users get more in depth information of what comes with a specific release without having to sift through the higher noise ratio in git-log. 8. For larger or more important user visible changes, as well as security fixes, please add a line in NEWS. On exception, it might be worth adding a multi-line entry (such as the entry that announces all the types that became opaque with OpenSSL 1.1.0). This file helps users get a very quick summary of what comes with a specific release, to see if an upgrade is worth the effort.