Correct way of sending patches?
Warren Block
wblock at wonkity.com
Fri Feb 28 13:07:14 UTC 2014
On Fri, 28 Feb 2014, Jack-Benny Persson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm just wondering what the correct way is to send updates and patches
> to the FreeBSD Handbook? I've read (and heard) of both sending them to
> this list as well as using send-pr. I was recommended to send them here
> to the list so I've sent a small patch to the jail chapter. But maybe
> this wasn't the correct procedure?
A PR is better because it is kept in a database and not as easily lost
or forgotten.
Tangentially, the web version of send-pr is easier to use:
http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html
Just remember to add a .txt extension to patch filenames
("patch.diff.txt") so the web form will accept them.
Thanks!
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