Greetings,
I've got some feature enhancement code that I'd like to feed back into
the main project, but to date I've had a hard time of it. I've
written openssh at openssh.com and added a ticket to Bugzilla to no
avail, and now I thought I'd pass it by this list. Mainly what I'm
wondering is:
1. Where is the best place to submit patches for feature enhancement
code to? Is there a specific type of diff that is preferred?
2. Does feature code need to be in the form of a patch to the base
project, or will a patch to the portable tree suffice?
Raymond M. Reskusich
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On the page http://openssh.org/portable.html, there is a link to guidelines which you are asked to follow, and they also state there that unified diff is the preferred format. And the developers of the base code certainly do monitor this list, as it is not specific to the portable code, so patches to the portable code are certainly a good starting point. Bill Knox Senior Operating Systems Programmer/Analyst The MITRE Corporation On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Raymond M. Reskusich wrote:> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 14:55:53 -0600 > From: Raymond M. Reskusich <reskusic at uiuc.edu> > To: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org > Subject: best way to submit enhancement code > > Greetings, > > I've got some feature enhancement code that I'd like to feed back into > the main project, but to date I've had a hard time of it. I've > written openssh at openssh.com and added a ticket to Bugzilla to no > avail, and now I thought I'd pass it by this list. Mainly what I'm > wondering is: > > 1. Where is the best place to submit patches for feature enhancement > code to? Is there a specific type of diff that is preferred? > 2. Does feature code need to be in the form of a patch to the base > project, or will a patch to the portable tree suffice? > > Raymond M. Reskusich > > >
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