04/05: doc: Point out preference of message format.

[Ludovic Courtès]

civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.

commit 0f53b886e27ac6ea340d19f3627c273c7f82016e
Author: ng0 <address@hidden>
Date:   Thu Jul 21 12:44:57 2016 +0000

    doc: Point out preference of message format.
    
    * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Includes a note on
    preference of plain text messages with either inline or MIME attachments
    and advise contributers to pay attention if their email client breaks the
    patches.
    
    Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
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 doc/contributing.texi |    5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index c8f884e..c0755bb 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -337,4 +337,7 @@ referring to people, such as
 
 When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as
 a subject.  You may use your email client or the @command{git
-send-email} command.
+send-email} command.  We prefer to get patches in plain text messages,
+either inline or as MIME attachments.  You are advised to pay attention if
+your email client changes anything like line breaks or indentation which
+could could potentially break the patches.