From c693aec9601c38e9c010663f4f06aa35ec828ce9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Niedermayer Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:28:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] developer.texi: Suggest a git clone if the patch review process doesnt work out Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer --- doc/developer.texi | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi index cc6f3475df..eab415c39a 100644 --- a/doc/developer.texi +++ b/doc/developer.texi @@ -428,6 +428,11 @@ After a patch is approved it will be committed to the repository. We will review all submitted patches, but sometimes we are quite busy so especially for large patches this can take several weeks. +If you feel that the review process is too slow and you are willing to try to +take over maintainership of the area of code you change then just clone +git master and maintain the area of code there. We will merge each area from +where its best maintained. + When resubmitting patches, please do not make any significant changes not related to the comments received during review. Such patches will be rejected. Instead, submit significant changes or new features as