From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 14 14:55:02 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A107216A41B for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:55:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 012DC13C458 for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:55:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kobe.laptop (vader.bytemobile.ondsl.gr [83.235.244.135]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-8) with ESMTP id l7EEsk1R013966 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:54:53 +0300 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l7EEsUlV002239; Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:54:46 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l7EEsUPW002238; Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:54:30 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:54:30 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: "Heiko Wundram (Beenic)" Message-ID: <20070814145430.GB2094@kobe.laptop> References: <200708141626.26858.wundram@beenic.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200708141626.26858.wundram@beenic.net> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.917, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.48, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports patches? Where should I send them to? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:55:02 -0000 On 2007-08-14 16:26, "Heiko Wundram (Beenic)" wrote: > I started hacking away at Python 2.5.1 in the ports distribution to implement > HCI bluetooth socket handling for FreeBSD. As I've had my fair share of > experience with the Python patching process, I'd rather see this patch go > into the ports tree than to directly post it to upstream. > > Is there some place to send patches like this to to get to the package > maintainer? Try opening a "problem report" and include the patches as attachments. The process of submitting problem ports and a useful mini-guide about what is good to include, how to write one, and other useful details can be found here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/ Happy hacking, Giorgos