Re: Building on 64 bit OpenBSD; ElfW

On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:01:04 +0100, Mats wrote: I understand that it is nice to have people use your specialized tools and workflows to submit patches. But you are also creating a barrier to contribution with them. I could probably have read about how to find/install/configure patcher, figured out the preferred way to write ChangeLog messages for XEmacs, that I should mark the email with [21.5], and send it to xemacs-patches - if I thought I was ready to actually send patches that I would have committed myself had I had a commit-bit. But I am not at that stage in contributing yet - I am basically learning to crawl before I walk. The two patches I sent was me trying to start a discussion: "Is this the right way to fix this problem? Or maybe this is?" By including a patch in my question, I hoped to indicate that I actually took the time to try a fix for the problem, and that I did try to configure+compile with the change - that I wasn't just randomly making stuff up. I had hoped for one of two outcomes: Someone either says "Yeah, that's a good fix", or says "No, it should be done in this way instead", and either commits it with the appropriate extra bits and bobs, or says I should submit the suggested, corrected solution through the proper channels. As a green newcomer, I don't want to learn - and go through - all the hoops to send a patch only to have someone say that it should have been fixed in a slightly different way. Maybe I am too lazy to contribute, I don't know :-) Best regards, Adam -- "Right. Why waste time learning, Adam Sjøgren when ignorance is instantaneous?" asjo(a)koldfront.dk _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://lists.xemacs.org/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta