From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 30 02:47:54 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4860CC98; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 02:47:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0DA9320C5; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 02:47:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s5U2lrXb092852; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 02:47:53 GMT (envelope-from eadler@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from eadler@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s5U2lr9Z092851; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 02:47:53 GMT (envelope-from eadler@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201406300247.s5U2lr9Z092851@svn.freebsd.org> From: Eitan Adler Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 02:47:53 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45170 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 02:47:54 -0000 Author: eadler Date: Mon Jun 30 02:47:53 2014 New Revision: 45170 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45170 Log: uuencoding is no longer required for submission of patches to the bug tracker. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/article.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/article.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/article.xml Mon Jun 30 02:47:52 2014 (r45169) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/article.xml Mon Jun 30 02:47:53 2014 (r45170) @@ -261,9 +261,8 @@ do not use cut-and-paste because cut-and-paste turns tabs into spaces and makes them unusable. When patches are a lot larger than 20KB, consider compressing - them (eg. with &man.gzip.1; or &man.bzip2.1;) and using - &man.uuencode.1; to include their compressed form in your - problem report. + them (eg. with &man.gzip.1; or &man.bzip2.1;) prior to + uploading them. After filing a report, you should receive confirmation along with a tracking number. Keep this tracking number so @@ -360,14 +359,10 @@ [PATCH] in the synopsis of the report. - - uuencode - - If you feel it appropriate (e.g. you have added, deleted, or renamed files), bundle your changes into a - tar file and run the &man.uuencode.1; - program on it. Archives created with &man.shar.1; are also + tar file. + Archives created with &man.shar.1; are also welcome. If your change is of a potentially sensitive nature, such @@ -391,7 +386,7 @@ In the case of a significant contribution of a large body work, or the addition of an important new feature to FreeBSD, it becomes almost always necessary to either send changes as - uuencoded tar files or upload them to a web or FTP site for + tar files or upload them to a web or FTP site for other people to access. If you do not have access to a web or FTP site, ask on an appropriate FreeBSD mailing list for someone to host the changes for you.