I will read up and push the patch


> On Jun 17, 2015, at 1:12 PM, Alan W. Irwin <ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca> wrote:
> 
>> On 2015-06-17 10:56-0400 Jim Dishaw wrote:
>> 
>> Greg Jung pointed out that the call to check_buffer_size() could be
> 1 byte smaller than required.  It most cases this will not be a
> problem due to the way memory is allocated, but it is possible that an
> edge case could result in a memory access error.
> 
> Hi Jim:
> 
> This small off-by-one bug fix appears the perfect opportunity for you
> to learn how (as a new core PLplot developer) to push bug fixes to our
> SF server.  So please do that following our rebase workflow rules in
> README.developers. Of course, if you run into any trouble with
> our workflow rules, we are here to help.
> 
> I can see why you would be a bit more cautious about your more
> intrusive bug-fix patch series concerning the eop problems, but in
> that case as soon as I have completed the promised resize testing of
> the qt, etc., cases (probably later today) I will strongly encourage
> you to push that more intrusive bug fix as well.
> 
> Of course, you should hold off pushing any of your new work (such as
> your new GDI device driver) until the start of the next release cycle,
> but bug fix pushes from all our core developers including you are very
> welcome right now since there is still sufficient time to test those
> bug fixes before our forthcoming release.
> 
> Alan
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> 
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