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authorÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avar@cpan.org>2010-04-15 20:06:24 +0200
committerSteffen Mueller <smueller@cpan.org>2010-04-15 20:06:24 +0200
commit64a8e22bd3d2ce17911ed64f88d590eaef21ce1f (patch)
tree1015e2ad6c07c6774dc58601403d456e659e8e86 /pod/perlrepository.pod
parent7636ea95c57762930accf4358f7c0c2dec086b5e (diff)
downloadperl-64a8e22bd3d2ce17911ed64f88d590eaef21ce1f.tar.gz
Point submitters to perlbug@perl.org, not perl5-porters@perl.org
We usually want patches in RT. Patches should only go to perl5-porters if they're intended purely for discussion.
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@@ -359,10 +359,13 @@ Now you should create a patch file for all your local changes:
% git format-patch origin
0001-Rename-Leon-Brocard-to-Orange-Brocard.patch
-You should now send an email to perl5-porters@perl.org with a
-description of your changes, and include this patch file as an
-attachment. (See the next section for how to configure and use git to
-send these emails for you.)
+You should now send an email to either perlbug@perl.org or
+perl5-porters@perl.org with a description of your changes, and include
+this patch file as an attachment. The perlbug address is preferred,
+but use perl5-porters for patches intended for discussion.
+
+See the next section for how to configure and use git to send these
+emails for you.
If you want to delete your temporary branch, you may do so with:
@@ -375,8 +378,12 @@ If you want to delete your temporary branch, you may do so with:
=head2 Using git to send patch emails
-In your ~/git/perl repository, set the destination email to the
-perl5-porters mailing list.
+In your ~/git/perl repository, set the destination email to perl's bug
+tracker:
+
+ $ git config sendemail.to perlbug@perl.org
+
+Or maybe perl5-porters (discussed above):
$ git config sendemail.to perl5-porters@perl.org
@@ -742,8 +749,8 @@ The same patch as above, using github might look like this:
% git push origin orange
The orange branch has been pushed to GitHub, so you should now send an
-email to perl5-porters@perl.org with a description of your changes and
-the following information:
+email (see L</SUBMITTING A PATCH>) with a description of your changes
+and the following information:
http://github.com/USERNAME/perl/tree/orange
git@github.com:USERNAME/perl.git branch orange