[gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: eclass-writing/

["Ulrich Müller" <ulm@gentoo.org>]

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>