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@@ -30,11 +30,40 @@ <h3>Further Description of this Repository</h3> <h4>Providing Feedback</h4> +Feedback must be provided the <strong>virtio-comment</strong> mailing list, +and archived in the mailing list archives. <p>See <A HREF="https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=virtio#feedback"> https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=virtio#feedback</A> -<h4>Note for Contributors</h4> -<p>Contributors should review TC specific +<p>Note that only plain text part of the message is archived, and all +attachments are stripped. Accordingly, messages sent to the +mailing list should use text/plain encoding and not +have any attachments. +<p>The preferred form of providing feedback is in form of a patch. +A patch can be generated and sent by cloning the spec repository, +creating a commit, formatting it as a patch and then sending it. +For example: +<code> +<p> +git clone https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec.git<br> +... edit spec text, and save ...<br> +<p> +git commit -a<br> +... describe the proposed change, in the following format:<br> +single line summary<br> +<br> +detailed description, including motivation for the change<br> +<br> +Signed-off-by: Name <email><br> +... then save and close the editor ... <br> +<p> +git format-patch -o proposal1/ HEAD~1..<br> +... generates a new directory proposal1/ and a file starting with 0001- ...<br> +<p> +git send-email --to=virtio-comment@lists.oasis-open.org proposal1/0001-* +</code> +<h4>Note for TC Members</h4> +<p>TC Members should review TC specific process rules under "Further Description of this Repository" in <A HREF="https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-admin">https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-admin</A>. |