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From:
Aldo Calpini
Date:
July 22, 2002 09:07
Subject:
minitutorial on submitting patches
Message ID:
161831151828.20020722180711@alos.it
this is a little tutorial about submitting patches
(should be added to a FAQ, or somewhere where it's handy
for people like me that tend to forget everything :-).
if there's something missing or incorrect, feel free to
let me know:

1. do a diff -u of the file(s) you want to patch
   (note: Win32 users will probably need -ub)

2. redirect the output to a file (any name will
   do, .patch extension is conventional)

3. create a new email message

4. set the recipient to: bugs-parrot@bugs6.perl.org
   (note there's no need to CC the mailing list,
   it will find its way through it)
   
5. prepend [PATCH] to the subject

6. be very, very informative about what you're
   doing, both in the subject line and the message
   body

7. attach the patch file you generated in step 2
   (DON'T paste the content in the body, attach the
   file!)

8. send and wait patiently.


cheers,
Aldo

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