On Oct 25, 2011, at 6:49 PM, Carl Marcum wrote: > On 10/25/2011 09:52 AM, Rob Weir wrote: >> Something we talked about a while ago, but never did. An FAQ on how >> to submit a patch to the project. Obviously, we have many project >> members who have figured this out. But there may be others who now or >> in the future would benefit from a simple write up. >> >> I was thinking of taking as a base, this page from Apache HTTP, "How >> to Contribute Patches to Apache": >> >> http://httpd.apache.org/dev/patches.html >> >> >> A few questions: >> >> >> 1) If someone uses the git bridge to the repository, does "git diff" >> produce a patch in the same format as "svn diff"? In other words, are >> they compatible? >> >> 2) Do we have a strong preference for whether patches are submitted to >> the ooo-dev list or via Bugzilla? Or are both acceptable? >> >> 3) It is clear that someone submitting a patch to BZ does so under >> ALv2. It is not so clear for patches on ooo-dev, unless they state so >> explicitly, right? >> >> 4) Any other things we should mention? >> >> -Rob >> > > There is a link on our Subversion Basics page [1] that should point to the > new page when it's ready. It currently points to the Apache Contributors Tech > Guide [2]. > > I could change the link when the page is made. > > [1] > http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/svn-basics.html#creating_and_submitting_patches > > [2] http://www.apache.org/dev/contributors.html#patches
There is also a link needed on the Website Local Editing page [3] [3] http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/website-local.html#submitting_your_results Regards, Dave > > Best regards, > Carl
