1291709SjkimHOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO OpenSSL 2291709Sjkim---------------------------- 3291709Sjkim 4291709SjkimDevelopment is coordinated on the openssl-dev mailing list (see 5291709Sjkimhttp://www.openssl.org for information on subscribing). If you 6291709Sjkimwould like to submit a patch, send it to rt@openssl.org with 7291709Sjkimthe string "[PATCH]" in the subject. Please be sure to include a 8291709Sjkimtextual explanation of what your patch does. 9291709Sjkim 10291709SjkimYou can also make GitHub pull requests. If you do this, please also send 11291709Sjkimmail to rt@openssl.org with a brief description and a link to the PR so 12291709Sjkimthat we can more easily keep track of it. 13291709Sjkim 14291709SjkimIf you are unsure as to whether a feature will be useful for the general 15291709SjkimOpenSSL community please discuss it on the openssl-dev mailing list first. 16291709SjkimSomeone may be already working on the same thing or there may be a good 17291709Sjkimreason as to why that feature isn't implemented. 18291709Sjkim 19291709SjkimPatches should be as up to date as possible, preferably relative to the 20291709Sjkimcurrent Git or the last snapshot. They should follow our coding style 21291709Sjkim(see https://www.openssl.org/policies/codingstyle.html) and compile without 22291709Sjkimwarnings using the --strict-warnings flag. OpenSSL compiles on many varied 23291709Sjkimplatforms: try to ensure you only use portable features. 24291709Sjkim 25291709SjkimOur preferred format for patch files is "git format-patch" output. For example 26291709Sjkimto provide a patch file containing the last commit in your local git repository 27291709Sjkimuse the following command: 28291709Sjkim 29291709Sjkim# git format-patch --stdout HEAD^ >mydiffs.patch 30291709Sjkim 31291709SjkimAnother method of creating an acceptable patch file without using git is as 32291709Sjkimfollows: 33291709Sjkim 34291709Sjkim# cd openssl-work 35291709Sjkim# [your changes] 36291709Sjkim# ./Configure dist; make clean 37291709Sjkim# cd .. 38291709Sjkim# diff -ur openssl-orig openssl-work > mydiffs.patch 39