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On Fri 19 Mar 2010 at 15:20:49 PDT Adam PAPAI wrote:
>Hi,
>
>As of today I'll try to help and create bugfix patches for usr/src 
>and usr/ports.
>
>I've already done 2 patches and posted it to the -current list but 
>don't really know what is the best way to post the patches. Who will 
>"check" them? who will make the decision to use them? How should I 
>send the patches? diff -u full path or relative path?
>
>Is there any FAQ about this issue?

For a general discussion about submitting bug reports (PR's), see
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/contrib-how.html#CONTRIB-GENERAL

For PR's related to ports, see
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/port-upgrading.html

Make sure that your PR uses the category "ports" and it will be reviewed
by the ports committers.