Hello, On 27.02.2012 21:05, Serge Hallyn wrote: > Would it be better to just make the changes, submit them (in my case, > as I likely don't have upload rights, do a new merge request in place > of theirs), and explain to them for next time what to do? > > Even as I type this I keep going back and forth between thinking the > contributor would hate that or would prefer that.
What I tend to do is add a changelog entry in the name of the contributor, edit-patch the patch, pastebin the resulting debdiff and link to documents which explain dch and edit-patch usage. The benefits of this approach are: we get the patch in quickly, the contributor gets information about how to do it (and some background reading the docs) and has an example to compare their work with. Personally I found this the best compromise and it usually does not take very long. Have a great day, Daniel -- Get involved in Ubuntu development! developer.ubuntu.com/packaging And follow @ubuntudev on identi.ca/twitter.com/facebook.com/gplus.to -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
