diff --git a/doc/devel/contribute.dox b/doc/devel/contribute.dox index 2251885ca5..0d57974882 100644 --- a/doc/devel/contribute.dox +++ b/doc/devel/contribute.dox @@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ provide a patch against the latest stable release, it makes the review process much easier if it is for latest code from the Git \c master branch. -Ok, so you have written a patch? Great! Before you submit it, make sure that -your code compiles. This may seem obvious, but there's more to -it. You have surely checked that it compiles on your system, but -BIND10 is portable software. Besides Linux, it is compiled and used on -relatively uncommon systems like OpenBSD and Solaris 11. Will your -code compile and work there? What about endianess? It is likely -that you used a regular x86 architecture machine to write your patch, but the software is expected to run on many -other architectures. +Ok, so you have written a patch? Great! Before you submit it, make sure +that your code compiles. This may seem obvious, but there's more to +it. You have surely checked that it compiles on your system, but BIND10 +is portable software. Besides Linux, it is compiled and used on +relatively uncommon systems like OpenBSD and Solaris 11. Will your code +compile and work there? What about endianess? It is likely that you used +a regular x86 architecture machine to write your patch, but the software +is expected to run on many other architectures. Does your patch conforms to BIND10 http://bind10.isc.org/wiki/CodingGuidelines? You still can submit