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</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry xml:id="ports-qa-blanket">
<question>
<para>Are there any changes that can be committed without
approval?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>The following blanket approvals are in effect:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Fixes that do not result in a change in contents
of the resulting package. For example:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><filename>pkg-descr</filename>:
<literal>WWW:</literal> URL updates (existing
404, moved or incorrect)</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Build, runtime or packaging fixes, if the
quarterly branch version is currently broken.</para>
<important>
<para>These fixes <emphasis>must</emphasis> be
tested on the quarterly branch.</para>
</important>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Missing dependencies (detected, linked against
but not registered via
<varname><replaceable>*</replaceable>_DEPENDS</varname>).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Fixing <link
xlink:href="&url.books.porters-handbook;/uses-shebangfix.html">shebangs</link>,
stripping installed libraries and binaries, and
plist fixes.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Backport of security and reliability fixes which
only result in <varname>PORTREVISION</varname> bumps
and no changes to enabled features. for example,
adding a patch fixing a buffer overflow.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<important>
<para>No unauthorized commits can ever be made without
approval of either &a.ports-secteam; or
&a.portmgr;.</para>
</important>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry xml:id="ports-qa-misc-commit-mfh">
<question>
<para>What is the procedure for merging commits to the