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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 09:57:33 +0000 In-reply-to: Message-ID: <874jr7juo5.fsf@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::32d; envelope-from=alex.bennee@linaro.org; helo=mail-wm1-x32d.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Dinah B writes: > Hi, > > I'm looking to get more involved in contributing to QEMU. I noticed that = there are some issues in the tracker > where a sample patch has been contributed but never got merged, like a pr= oposal to add multiboot2 support: > https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/389 I couldn't see a patch attached to the bug report. Is it elsewhere? > > Is another dev allowed to "adopt" the patch as-is, with proper attributio= n to the original dev and drive it to > completion/merging (there are some features missing)? Or is "starting fro= m scratch" required for legal > reasons? It's certainly possible to pick up a patch from someone else and take it forward. Aside from addressing any review comments I think the minimum requirement is the authors original Signed-off-by is intact which asserts they could contribute code to the project. --=20 Alex Benn=C3=A9e Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro