Re: Submitting patches

[David Chisnall]

On 22 Jun 2010, at 16:31, Thomas Davie wrote:

> Hi again,
> 
> First off, many thanks to David and Richard for your help getting me up and 
> running.
> 
> Secondly, I have a couple of patches that I'm not certain if they're bugs in 
> GNUstep, but they're certainly points at which GNUstep disagrees with apple's 
> implementation.  What's the best way for me to
> a) submit a bug saying how the two disagree

Either a mail to the -dev list, or a report in the bug tracking system.  
Ideally both - bug reports don't always get seen immediately, but stuff sent to 
the list may get lost if it isn't fixed immediately.

> b) find out if it's apple's fault

This is less important - in general, we try to be bug-compatible with Apple, 
unless they do something really stupid.  It's worth including a test case so 
that we can fix our version if Apple fixes theirs later.

Also, please check Apple's documentation.  If their implementation and 
documentation agree, it's definitely a GNUstep bug.  If they disagree (not very 
common, but more common than I would like), we have to decide on a case-by-case 
basis whether we should follow the docs or not.

> c) attach a patch

svn diff, and post to the list.

David

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