On 2015-05-29 09:07:19, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> On 05/29/15 17:46, Bruce Cran wrote:
> > I have some fixes to Vlv2TbltDevicePkg/PlatformSetupDxe/VfrStrings.uni 
> > such as changing "Congfiguration" to "Configuration", but since it's 
> > UTF-16 git treats it as binary.
> > 
> > How should we send patches for such files to edk2-devel for review?
> 
> Jordan tried to introduce UTF-8 encoded UNI files recently. I'm
> uncertain about the result of that work.

I hope to send out v3 soon based on Mike's feedback.

-Jordan

> With the current UCS-2 encoded UNI files, you can send a binary
> (approximately: uuencoded) patch with git. (Git-format-patch will handle
> that automatically.) Then reviewers can apply (or pull, if you push them
> first) the patches. Using the hints discussed earlier in
> 
>   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.bios.tianocore.devel/6351
> 
> once applied, the local commits can be shown / reviewed easily.
> 
> Review comments cannot really be tied to the relevant parts of the
> (approximately uuencoded) patch, unfortunately.
> 
> Alternatively, the traditional (non-)solution has been to post the
> modified UNI file in full, as an attachment...
> 
> So, my recommendation:
> - employ the hints from under the above link
> - review your own work in git
> - push your branch to github
> - post the (binary) patches, reference your branch on github
> - wait for reviews
> 
> Thanks
> Laszlo
> 
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