Re: [libvirt] docs: Change or update the hacking page

On 05/11/2016 02:04 AM, Nishith Shah wrote: > > Hi everyone, sorry about the empty message above, I was typing and I pressed > the wrong set of keys. > > So, I was going through the contributor guidelines page[1], and after > discussing with Michal Privoznik, I think there are some things that need to > be updated. For instance, the 4th point about posting patches mentions using > git diff instead of git format-patch. I also feel that the workflow in general > should be re-written and updated with some more details. I have written a very > detailed post about the workflow here[2], and might pick some points up from > there. Please let me know what you think of it. > > Also, please post the other things  that you think should be changed on that > page in this thread. I've thought a bit about this too. I don't think the HACKING page is a good landing page for new contributors. It _is_ useful document _everything_ that a contributor might want to know, but I think we should also have a page specifically for a contributor quickstart which has very bare minimum info.