Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 05:51:03 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What to do when I've modified someone else's port? Message-ID: <1518.889019463@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 04 Mar 1998 05:04:48 PST." <XFMail.980304050448.dburr@POBoxes.com>
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> I've just found (AND FIXED) some flaws in someone else's port. I wish to > have these fixes committed. What should I do? You send mail to the maintainer and ask them to accept your changes. If some reasonable amount of time goes by (say 72 hours) and you get no reply back, you can safely assume they're offline for awhile and simply make the change yourself. > 2. How do I get these patches to the proper authorities? Do I send-pr > them, or do I e-mail them to the port's maintainer directly? Or both? Both is good, yes. Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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