Hi,

I think it is better to submit is as an attachment because mail programs
has an effect on the file.

Chris

On Jan 31, 2008 1:33 AM, Darshaka Pathirana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> After the (first) patchset I've submitted on this list for openwengo
> I was looking around for some guidelines on how to submit patches
> correctly.
>
> I was not able to find any information about submitting patches
> neither in the openwengo-wiki nor in the archives of the
> mailling-list. Did I miss something?
>
> If found some guides from other projects:
>
> [1] http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Email_Clients_and_Patches
> [2] http://winmerge.org/Wiki/Submit_Patch
> [3] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/submit.html
> [4] 
> http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/Documentation/Misc/perl-5.6.1/Porting/patching.html
>
> In fact they can be summed up by these questions:
>
> - How to create the patch?
> - What should be the filename of the patch?
> - How is the patch submitted?
>
> The first question should be easy to answer:
>
> - Use "svn diff" or create a patch with TortoiseSVN (or even use "diff
>   -u")
>
> The second question is not that easy. My suggestion (if anybody
> cares):
>
> - {OrigFilename}_r{svnrevision}_{patchName}-{patchVersion}.diff|patch
>
> The third question is also not as easy as it seems:
>
> As Attachment?
> * gzipped?
> * zipped?
> * text?
>
> Inline?
>
> What should be the subject?
>
> [PATCH] - {OrigFilename}_r{svnrevision}_{patchName}-{patchVersion}
>
> I also like the idea of [3] of adding a patch header on each patch,
> but I may be wrong.
>
> What do you maintainer and longtime contributors think? Is that too
> much overkill or would you like to stick to some guidelines? I would
> love to hear your opinions. Thank you!
>
> Greetings,
>  - Darsha
>
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