[Python-checkins] devguide: Add sections to committing doc.

[brett.cannon]

brett.cannon pushed c62df2c4ff6b to devguide:

http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/c62df2c4ff6b
changeset:   208:c62df2c4ff6b
user:        Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>
date:        Wed Jan 26 11:49:38 2011 -0800
summary:
  Add sections to committing doc.

files:
  committing.rst

diff --git a/committing.rst b/committing.rst
--- a/committing.rst
+++ b/committing.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 Committing Patches
 ==================
 
+
+Handling Other's Code
+---------------------
 As a core developer you will occasionally want to commit a patch created by
 someone else. When doing so you will want to make sure of some things.
 
@@ -19,7 +22,10 @@
 **will** break someone's code). If you are unsure if the breakage is worth it,
 ask on python-dev.
 
-Third, backport as necessary. If the patch is a bugfix and it does not break
+
+Backporting
+-----------
+If the patch is a bugfix and it does not break
 backwards-compatibility *at all*, then backport it to the branch(es) in
 maintenance mode. The easiest way to do this is to apply the patch in the
 development branch, commit, and then use svnmerge.py_ to backport the patch.

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