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Encourage addition of test cases.
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Jim Meyering
2003-06-16 07:53:18 +00:00
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@@ -89,9 +89,15 @@ get regarding a particular problem the sooner it'll be fixed -- usually.
If you sent a complete patch and, after a couple weeks you haven't
received any acknowledgement please ping us. A complete patch includes
a well-written ChangeLog entry, unified (diff -u format) diffs relative
to the most recent test release, an explanation for why the patch is
to the most recent test release (or, better, relative to the latest
sources in the CVS repository), an explanation for why the patch is
necessary or useful, and if at all possible, enough information to
reproduce whatever problem prompted it.
reproduce whatever problem prompted it. Plus, you'll earn lots of
karma if you include a test case to exercise any bug(s) you fix.
Instructions for checking out the latest source via CVS are here:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=coreutils
If your patch adds a new feature, please try to get some sort of consensus
that it is a worthwhile change. One way to do that is to send mail to