Ports patches? Where should I send them to?

Giorgos Keramidas keramida at ceid.upatras.gr
Tue Aug 14 07:55:02 PDT 2007


On 2007-08-14 16:26, "Heiko Wundram (Beenic)" <wundram at beenic.net> 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



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