Mention that [PATCH] in the synopsis of a PR could indicate that the

PR includes a patch suitable for committing.  I don't think this is
the best place to put something like this, but it's better than
nothing.

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en_US.ISO8859-1
articles/contributing
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$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml,v 1.466 2001/08/09 23:42:30 chern Exp $
$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml,v 1.467 2001/08/10 22:58:11 chern Exp $
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<chapter id="contrib">
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/send-pr.html">WEB-based
equivalent</ulink>. Try to fill-in each field of the bug report.
Unless they exceed 65KB, include any patches directly in the report.
If the patch is suitable to be applied to the source tree put
<literal>[PATCH]</literal> in the synopsis of the report.
When including patches, <emphasis>do not</emphasis> use cut-and-paste
because cut-and-paste turns tabs into spaces and makes them unusable.
Consider compressing patches and using &man.uuencode.1; if they exceed
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<emphasis>Do not</emphasis> just send the diffs to the &a.hackers; or
they will get lost! We greatly appreciate your submission (this is a
volunteer project!); because we are busy, we may not be able to
address it immediately, but it will remain in the pr database until we
do.</para>
address it immediately, but it will remain in the PR database until we
do. Indicate your submission by including <literal>[PATCH]</literal>
in the synopsis of the report.</para>
<indexterm>
<primary><command>uuencode</command></primary>

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The FreeBSD Documentation Project
$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml,v 1.466 2001/08/09 23:42:30 chern Exp $
$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/contrib/chapter.sgml,v 1.467 2001/08/10 22:58:11 chern Exp $
-->
<chapter id="contrib">
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/send-pr.html">WEB-based
equivalent</ulink>. Try to fill-in each field of the bug report.
Unless they exceed 65KB, include any patches directly in the report.
If the patch is suitable to be applied to the source tree put
<literal>[PATCH]</literal> in the synopsis of the report.
When including patches, <emphasis>do not</emphasis> use cut-and-paste
because cut-and-paste turns tabs into spaces and makes them unusable.
Consider compressing patches and using &man.uuencode.1; if they exceed
@ -268,8 +270,9 @@
<emphasis>Do not</emphasis> just send the diffs to the &a.hackers; or
they will get lost! We greatly appreciate your submission (this is a
volunteer project!); because we are busy, we may not be able to
address it immediately, but it will remain in the pr database until we
do.</para>
address it immediately, but it will remain in the PR database until we
do. Indicate your submission by including <literal>[PATCH]</literal>
in the synopsis of the report.</para>
<indexterm>
<primary><command>uuencode</command></primary>