From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 15 15:13:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BF2E16A4CE for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:13:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70E9143D45 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:13:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (IDENT:brdavis@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i6FFDOOF003981; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:13:24 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.10/8.12.3/Submit) id i6FFDO7K003980; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:13:24 -0700 Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:13:24 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Steve Bertrand Message-ID: <20040715151324.GB2162@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <1223.209.167.16.15.1089901719.squirrel@209.167.16.15> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1223.209.167.16.15.1089901719.squirrel@209.167.16.15> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Submitting patches X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:13:25 -0000 --LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 10:28:39AM -0400, Steve Bertrand wrote: > I've been tracking some doc pr's, and am a little confused as to how to > submit patches. >=20 > I am just following the handbook for now, as I have no idea how to write > manual pages, but don't exactly understand proper procedure for actually > making a contribution. >=20 > In the pr list, can I just find something I'd like to fix, then send the > patch to the list, or do I submit it through send-pr? Ideally you should send the patch as a reply to the pr so it is logged with the PR. You may want to post a pointer here as well if no one picks it up quickly. > If someone else has already taken responsibility for a pr, is it deemed > offensive if I submit my own patch even if the pr is still 'open'? You might try contacting the person first to avoid duplicate effort. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA9p8TXY6L6fI4GtQRAo1aAJ4uU7RZHUVtXbsj3uLVPn5a9soEcgCgmhhV 5lSuH8DZgu5PamYypAYTaLE= =NRFA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG--