Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 02:47:53 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45170 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing Message-ID: <201406300247.s5U2lr9Z092851@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Mon Jun 30 02:47:53 2014 New Revision: 45170 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45170 Log: uuencoding is no longer required for submission of patches to the bug tracker. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/article.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/article.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/article.xml Mon Jun 30 02:47:52 2014 (r45169) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/article.xml Mon Jun 30 02:47:53 2014 (r45170) @@ -261,9 +261,8 @@ <emphasis>do not</emphasis> use cut-and-paste because cut-and-paste turns tabs into spaces and makes them unusable. When patches are a lot larger than 20KB, consider compressing - them (eg. with &man.gzip.1; or &man.bzip2.1;) and using - &man.uuencode.1; to include their compressed form in your - problem report.</para> + them (eg. with &man.gzip.1; or &man.bzip2.1;) prior to + uploading them.</para> <para>After filing a report, you should receive confirmation along with a tracking number. Keep this tracking number so @@ -360,14 +359,10 @@ <literal>[PATCH]</literal> in the synopsis of the report.</para> - <indexterm> - <primary><command>uuencode</command></primary> - </indexterm> - <para>If you feel it appropriate (e.g. you have added, deleted, or renamed files), bundle your changes into a - <command>tar</command> file and run the &man.uuencode.1; - program on it. Archives created with &man.shar.1; are also + <command>tar</command> file. + Archives created with &man.shar.1; are also welcome.</para> <para>If your change is of a potentially sensitive nature, such @@ -391,7 +386,7 @@ <para>In the case of a significant contribution of a large body work, or the addition of an important new feature to FreeBSD, it becomes almost always necessary to either send changes as - uuencoded tar files or upload them to a web or FTP site for + tar files or upload them to a web or FTP site for other people to access. If you do not have access to a web or FTP site, ask on an appropriate FreeBSD mailing list for someone to host the changes for you.</para>
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