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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Building and Installing
-----------------------
Information on building and installing Erlang/OTP can be found
-in the `INSTALL.md` document.
+in the [$ERL_TOP/HOWTO/INSTALL.md] [5] document.
Contributing to Erlang/OTP
--------------------------
@@ -28,10 +28,13 @@ Here are the [instructions for submitting patches] [2].
In short:
* We prefer to receive proposed updates via email on the
- [`erlang-patches`] [3] mailing list rather than through a pull request.
- Pull requests are not practical because we have a strict policy never to
- merge any untested changes to the development branch (the only exception
- being **obviously** correct changes, such as corrections of typos).
+ [`erlang-patches`] [3] mailing list or through a pull request.
+
+* Pull requests will be handled once everyday and there will be
+ essential testing before we will take a decision on the outcome
+ of the request. If the essential testings fails, the pull request
+ will be closed and you will have to fix the problem and submit another
+ pull request when this is done.
* We merge all proposed updates to the `pu` (*proposed updates*) branch,
typically within one working day.
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ In short:
may suggest improvements that are needed before the change can be accepted
and merged.
-* Once or twice a week, a status email called "What's cooking in Erlang/OTP"
+* Once or twice a week, a status email called ["What's cooking in Erlang/OTP"] [4]
will be sent to the [`erlang-patches`] [3] mailing list.
Copyright and License
@@ -74,3 +77,5 @@ Copyright and License
[1]: http://www.erlang.org
[2]: http://wiki.github.com/erlang/otp/submitting-patches
[3]: http://www.erlang.org/static/doc/mailinglist.html
+ [4]: http://erlang.github.com/otp/
+ [5]: HOWTO/INSTALL.md