[augeas-devel] Best way to submit a patch?

[David Lutterkort]

On Fri, 2012-03-09 at 18:47 -0500, Alan Evans wrote:
> I've read through the http://augeas.net/developers.html page a few
> times and clearly I'm a member of the list, I have an account in the
> fedorahosted account system, I have looked at
> http://augeas.net/page/Code_maintenance but I'm still not sure the
> best way to contribute my improvements to the properties lens.
> 
> What is the best way to submit a patch?
> 
> I have a local copy of the git repo but I don't keep a github account
> or a public repo anywhere for that matter.  My git fu is minimal
> (think clone, pull, add, commit) and while there are lots of guides
> about submitting patches via git I don't know which is the preferred
> way for augeas.
> 
> Can I just mail my patch to the list?  In-line or attachment?  Should
> I open a enhancement ticket in track and attach my patch?

Yes, sending patches to the mailing list is the preferred method of
getting your work committed. Here's a blog entry that explains how I
recommend doing it: http://watzmann.net/blog/2011/09/git-workflow.html

David