Re: [gnome-love] Steps for submitting patches?

[Glynn Foster <glynn foster sun com>]

Hey there,

Yes, attaching patches to bugzilla is most definitely the recommended
way to do this - at least they don't get lost that way. You might also
think of mailing the maintainer [as listed in the MAINTAINERS] file.

Some modules, like nautilus, actually prefer all patches to go to
nautilus-list gnome [or at least a mail pointing to a bug report].


                        Hope this helps,
                                        Glynn ;)


On Sun, 2002-08-25 at 21:48, Simon South wrote:
> What are the steps a newbie should take when he or she thinks they've 
> fixed a bug in GNOME?  I've made a simple change locally that mostly 
> alleviates bug 87320 (keyboard slowness in GNOME Stones), and I want to 
> make sure I follow the right steps in getting it looked at.
>
> Is it considered polite to add the patch directly to the bug report in 
> Bugzilla (I do have an account), or should I first send the patch and a 
> description of my change to one of the mailing lists for review?
>
> I've actually posted patches to Bugzilla before, but I'd feel more 
> comfortable knowing what people normally expect to see happen.  The 
> existing documentation on getting involved doesn't seem to cover this.
>
> -- 
> Simon South
> ssouth hamlet dyndns org
>
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