How to contribute a patch to a macports patch

David Evans devans at macports.org
Fri May 20 22:59:40 PDT 2016


On 5/20/16 10:19 PM, David Antliff wrote:
> On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 12:55 PM, David Evans <devans at macports.org <mailto:devans at macports.org>> wrote:
> [snip]
>> If you want to submit a patch, the clearest way IMO is to submit your changes as a patch against the original,
>> unmodified file.  Then, if an existing patch exists, mention that this patch should replace that one.  Or you
>> can give your patch a different same and request that the original be removed, etc.
>>
>> If you will attach your proposed patch to the ticket mentioned, I'll take a look at it and commit it for you.
> 
> Thanks, I've added a patch file to the ticket, intended to replace the existing patch of the same name.
> 
> -- David.
> 
Committed in r148879.  Works for me.


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