Re: rebootstrap status update for Loongarch
On Thu, Nov 03, 2022 at 12:31:10PM +0100, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues wrote:
> Quoting Zhang Ning (2022-11-03 11:45:17)
> > 6, gcc, binutils: need help, I don't know how to submit a patch to Debian toolchain-team, don't accept a poll request.
> >
> > 7, m4, diffutils: need help, I don't know where is correct upstream[1][2], the patch[3][4] is for generated files, but Debian source has these files, thus how can I submit these patch to Debian source? these two packages don't have VCS.
> >
> > 8, newt: need help, build failed without python. cdebconf and base-passwd are skipped.
> >
> > 9, gmp: pass with manuall cross_build action, need help.
> >
> > 10, libffi: need help, I don't know how to submit a patch to debian libffi, no VCS.
>
> In Debian, for packages having a VCS is still optional in 2022. And for those
> packages that do have a VCS, it up to them whether or not they enable receiving
> merge requests.
>
> What works for all packages in Debian is to send patches as a bug to the Debian
> bugtracking system. So just file a bug against the source packages in question
> and attach your patch to the bug.
thank you, I will send a patch via bug report.
>
> So you can either send all your patches to the bugtracker in the first place
> (because all source packages accept that way to submit patches) or (and that's
> what I do) first check if the source package is on salsa and receiving merge
> requests and submit the patch there and fall back to the bugtracker if there is
> no reaction to my merge request on salsa.
>
> Thanks!
>
> cheers, josch
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