Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 08:15:48 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: PVinci@ix.netcom.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: [Q] best way to submit patches/changes? Message-ID: <199503230715.IAA17128@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199503230617.WAA00201@corbin.Root.COM> from "David Greenman" at Mar 22, 95 10:17:47 pm
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As David Greenman wrote: > > >Subject line says it all. What is the preferred method for making > >contributions? And to whom are they made?? to Incoming? > > If it's a complete work, then 'incoming' is the best place. If it's just a > patch and is of general interest, then post it here or to -current. If it is a > patch that is not of general interest, send it to a core member such as myself > or Jordan. Better yet, unless it's really large, use send-pr for it (at least for bug fixes or small contributions). This makes the live of the core team easier. If you're going to port foreign software, watch out for the GUIDELINES file in /usr/ports. Essentially, don't send us a patched version of all the source, instead the patches along with the location of where the original source is living. (If all else fails, this can also be hosted somewhere at cdrom.com.) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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