0.22: add news page

[notmuch-wiki] / contributing.mdwn

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@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ but once you get the hang of it, it'll be fun. This page should help
 you get there. DON'T PANIC.
 
 The headlines below act as a checklist. Not all of them apply in all
-situations; use common sense.
+situations. Use your best judgment, and the Notmuch community will
+help out as needed.
 
 [[!toc levels=2]]
 
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ in the Notmuch source for further information.
 ## Update the documentation
 
 If you modify or add new features to the Notmuch command-line tools,
-you should update the manual pages under the `man` directory of the
+you should update the manual pages under the `doc` directory of the
 Notmuch source.
 
 If you modify or add new features to the Notmuch Emacs UI, you should
@@ -116,6 +117,14 @@ update the Emacs documentation.
 If you make user visible changes, you should add an entry to the
 [`NEWS`](http://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch/blob/HEAD:/NEWS) file.
 
+## Update command-line completion
+
+If you modify or add new features to the Notmuch command-line tools, it
+would be a nice bonus if you also updated the Notmuch command-line
+completion scripts under the `completion` directory of the Notmuch
+source. Not required, but nice to have, and definitely can be done
+afterwards.
+
 ## Subscribe to the Notmuch mailing list
 
 While strictly not required, it is advisable to subscribe to the
@@ -125,7 +134,7 @@ before submitting patches.
 ## Send your patches to the mailing list
 
 Changes to Notmuch are contributed as [emailed
-patches](http://git-scm.com/book/en/Distributed-Git-Contributing-to-a-Project#Public-Large-Project).
+patches](http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Distributed-Git-Contributing-to-a-Project#Public-Project-over-Email).
 Once you have your changes ready in your local repository, you need to
 send them to the Notmuch mailing list. The simplest way is to use `git
 send-email` to send the patches directly from your repository:
@@ -160,7 +169,7 @@ like email. This applies to patch and bug tracking as well. The
 Notmuch project uses [nmbug](http://notmuchmail.org/nmbug/) for
 tracking. The Notmuch developers will tag your patches too, making
 them show up in the
-[nmbug status page](http://nmbug.tethera.net/status/), but requesting
+[nmbug status page](http://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/status/), but requesting
 access and tagging your patches yourself will be helpful in the long
 run.
 
@@ -182,14 +191,13 @@ have changed; be sure to rebase your updated changes on top of the
 current master.
 
 Once you have the updated series ready, send it to the mailing list
-again. It will be helpful for others to use the
-`--subject-prefix="PATCH vN"` option of `git format-patch` or
-`git send-email` to add a version number of the patch series to the
-subject (replacing vN with v2, v3, etc.) Use a cover letter (or, in
-the case of a single patch, the notes after a "---" at the end of the
-commit message) to summarize the main changes since the previous
-version of the patch series. Also include the message-id reference of
-the previous version.
+again. It will be helpful for others to use the `-vN` option of `git
+format-patch` or `git send-email` to add a version number of the patch
+series to the subject (replacing vN with v2, v3, etc.) Use a cover
+letter (or, in the case of a single patch, the notes after a "---" at
+the end of the commit message) to summarize the main changes since the
+previous version of the patch series. Also include the message-id
+reference of the previous version.
 
 Using the `--in-reply-to` option of `git format-patch` or
 `git send-email` to send the patch series as a reply to the earlier