From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 11 10:09:52 2003 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 B9B7237B410; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:09:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (pc1-cdif2-5-cust38.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.101.150.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ED8943FA3; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:09:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.20) id 19mGB4-000Jxf-3K; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 18:09:50 +0100 Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 18:09:50 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: Tom Rhodes Message-ID: <20030811170949.GB368@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Tom Rhodes , FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org References: <20030811125419.266958a0.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030811125419.266958a0.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Ceri Davies cc: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: -doc/bugs issue/question 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: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:09:53 -0000 --C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 12:54:19PM -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > Greetings, >=20 > This is a simple question/issue I've been thinking of: >=20 > Many people submit patches in their PRs; however, many of them are > not applied because they are submitted for a stable branch and > many developers simply lack the time to merge it into current. >=20 > Perhaps in our PR/bugs documentation, we could recommend that: >=20 > A patch against the CURRENT or HEAD CVS branch is preffered since > all new code should be applied and tested first. After > appropriate or substational testing has been done, the code will > be merged/migrated to the STABLE branch. Good idea. I'd recommend the "Attaching patches or files" section of the problem-reports article, where it should slot in quite nicely; but do spellcheck the above first ;-) Ceri --=20 User: DO YOU ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR? Iniaes: Sure, I can accept all forms of payment. -- www.chatterboxchallenge.com --C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/N83docfcwTS3JF8RAgflAKCfq16wm6pa3u44MVM+OXkvPmcmTwCfd7TR 92b7wWJ2Le1b2c1+jzXQpLA= =uXfm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc--