Re: What is the preferred way for contributing to groff

[G. Branden Robinson]

Hi Lukas,

Are you subscribed to groff@gnu?  I prefer not to mail both lists and
people unless they express a preference for that (ideally via mail
headers that communicate this, and if my MUA is clueful enough to
interpret such indications).

At 2024-07-24T11:04:04+0200, Lukas Javorsky wrote:
> I found multiple defects in Groff's source code,

I'm sorry to hear that...

> and I would like to help with fixing them by contributing several
> commits.

...but this is happy news!

> I didn't find much information about the contribution process on the
> website [1],

It sounds like you have bugs to report, so the "Bug Reports" section of
the page you cited would describe an appropriate course to follow.

>>  Bug Reports
>>
>> Please report bugs using the bug tracker linked from the groff
>> project page. Alternatively, but less preferably, you can use the
>> form in the text file BUG-REPORT distributed with the groff source
>> code; its purpose is to make sure that we have all the information we
>> need to fix the bug. At the very least, read BUG-REPORT and make sure
>> that you supply all the information that it asks for. Even if you are
>> not sure that something is a bug, report it using BUG-REPORT: this
>> will help us determine whether it really is a bug or not.

> so I decided to ask here for more information. Could you please help
> me figure out what is the preferred way for the contributions?

I recommend you visit this link:

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=groff

If you change the "query form" list box control from "Basic" to
"Backlog" (which is what I use 99% of the time), you can perform a
search based on several criteria, including keywords that appear in the
bug summary.

That will help you determine if the problem has already been reported
(and, one hopes, fixed).

If a search is unavailing, you can file a new report by clicking on the
"Bugs" pop-up menu and selecting "Submit item", or by visiting this
link:

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=groff&func=additem

> Thank you so much for your help.

I look forward to studying your reports!

Regards,
Branden

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