Hi all,

I'm looking for a bit of advice on where to start with resolving my first
Debian bug [1]. Right now, I'm wondering how I can get a version-controlled
copy of the source code for gcc 4.6/4.7 that was used to build these
packages. Ideally, I'd like to use SCM tools to generate diffs, or back out
changes if they are just terrible.

If I come up with a patch, where do I send it? It would apply against gcc
4.6 and 4.7 for sure, but it'd probably be needed upstream too. Am I
responsible for getting it upstream or is a maintainer?

Finally, assuming the patch is accepted by the Debian
maintainers/developers, what are the next steps to getting it turned into a
package that is distributed?

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=647552

Patrick

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