Re: How to submit patches?

2020-08-01 Thread Nicholas D Steeves
Hi, Emmanuel Arias writes: > Hi Martin, > > When I submit a patch, first I prepare a NMU patch, then submit that patch > to bts. If the bug does not exist I create it and attach the patch. > Please don't prepare NMUs unless you're planning to upload an NMU, and please don't submit NMUdiffs unle

Re: How to submit patches?

2020-06-27 Thread Emmanuel Arias
Hi Martin, When I submit a patch, first I prepare a NMU patch, then submit that patch to bts. If the bug does not exist I create it and attach the patch. But I would wait for a more experienced opinion :) Cheers, Arias Emmanuel @eamanu http://eamanu.com El sáb., 27 de jun. de 2020 a la(s) 10:33

Re: How to submit patches?

2020-06-27 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 02:45:53PM +0200, Martin wrote: > Hi there! > > Hopefully this is the correct list. > > I want to submit some patches to packages: Can you please > tell me what the appropriate/standard way is to do that? Attach them to a bug report. > P.S: The link "mentors.debian.net" o

How to submit patches?

2020-06-27 Thread Martin
Hi there! Hopefully this is the correct list. I want to submit some patches to packages: Can you please tell me what the appropriate/standard way is to do that? Thanks in advance! Best, Martin P.S: The link "mentors.debian.net" on https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentors is returning 404.

RE: Q: How-To Submit patches

2001-02-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > So recipient has to use patch -p1 (or rename his archive) right? > Do you tell them or just let'em figure it out? > > mv pkg pkg.orig > diff -pruN pkg.orig pkg > > is too dangerous (for the recipient)? > patch is very smart. It can figure out what files to patch even if the dir names have

RE: Q: How-To Submit patches

2001-02-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > So recipient has to use patch -p1 (or rename his archive) right? > Do you tell them or just let'em figure it out? > > mv pkg pkg.orig > diff -pruN pkg.orig pkg > > is too dangerous (for the recipient)? > patch is very smart. It can figure out what files to patch even if the dir names hav

Re: Q: How-To Submit patches

2001-02-01 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* "Martin" == Martin Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, > So recipient has to use patch -p1 (or rename his archive) right? > Do you tell them or just let'em figure it out? You can expect that every developer knows how to use patch and that he will first inspect the file you sent him before ap

Re: Q: How-To Submit patches

2001-02-01 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* "Martin" == Martin Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, > So recipient has to use patch -p1 (or rename his archive) right? > Do you tell them or just let'em figure it out? You can expect that every developer knows how to use patch and that he will first inspect the file you sent him before a

RE: Q: How-To Submit patches

2001-02-01 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 31-Jan-2001 Martin Albert wrote: > Hello! > > I'm looking for info/doc/scripts/hints on proper / practical ways to > submit patches. > > Of interest to me is also the proper way to generate a patch to a > single file - what is the best point in the dir structure to start? > Toplevel, ../Topl

RE: Q: How-To Submit patches

2001-02-01 Thread Martin Albert
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > On 31-Jan-2001 Martin Albert wrote: > > proper / practical ways to submit patches? > > what i do is: > .. > mv package package.shaleh > dpkg-source -x package.dsc > # the N makes it include files I might have added > diff -pruN package package.sha

Q: How-To Submit patches

2001-02-01 Thread Martin Albert
Hello! I'm looking for info/doc/scripts/hints on proper / practical ways to submit patches. Of interest to me is also the proper way to generate a patch to a single file - what is the best point in the dir structure to start? Toplevel, ../Toplevel, ... ? But currently i do have fixes for around

RE: Q: How-To Submit patches

2001-01-31 Thread Martin Albert
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > On 31-Jan-2001 Martin Albert wrote: > > proper / practical ways to submit patches? > > what i do is: > .. > mv package package.shaleh > dpkg-source -x package.dsc > # the N makes it include files I might have added > diff -pruN package package.shal

RE: Q: How-To Submit patches

2001-01-31 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 31-Jan-2001 Martin Albert wrote: > Hello! > > I'm looking for info/doc/scripts/hints on proper / practical ways to > submit patches. > > Of interest to me is also the proper way to generate a patch to a > single file - what is the best point in the dir structure to start? > Toplevel, ../Tople

Q: How-To Submit patches

2001-01-31 Thread Martin Albert
Hello! I'm looking for info/doc/scripts/hints on proper / practical ways to submit patches. Of interest to me is also the proper way to generate a patch to a single file - what is the best point in the dir structure to start? Toplevel, ../Toplevel, ... ? But currently i do have fixes for around