commit: 6e206d3e065884f4675b041e069a3b05663fa1f7 Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Tue Oct 5 04:37:49 2021 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Wed Oct 13 13:44:16 2021 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=6e206d3e
eclass-writing: mention CCing maintainers on eclass patches Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org> eclass-writing/text.xml | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/eclass-writing/text.xml b/eclass-writing/text.xml index db199f4..40ec0be 100644 --- a/eclass-writing/text.xml +++ b/eclass-writing/text.xml @@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ may be better off in its own eclass. If you don't email gentoo-dev first, and end up breaking something, expect to be in a lot of trouble. </p> +<p> +Note that you should also, when sending your patch, CC any maintainers of the +eclass listed in the <c>@MAINTAINER</c> tag. You may want to contact them +ahead of time and get their opinions too. +</p> + <p> The exceptions to this rule are updates to per-package eclasses. For example, the <c>apache-2</c> eclass is only used by the <c>www-servers/apache</c>
