Correct way of sending patches?

Jack-Benny Persson jack-benny at cyberinfo.se
Fri Feb 28 13:30:09 UTC 2014


>> 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!

Thanks for your kind reply and tip about the .txt extension!
I'll post my updated patch with the web version of send-pr.

Cheers!


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