README.patches revision 290001 
1See README.hackers for notes on coding styles.
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3The master copy of this information can be found at:
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5 http://support.ntp.org/Dev/MaintainerIssues#How_to_work_on_a_bug_using_BitKe
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7If you are going to patch both ntp-stable and ntp-dev
8please do it this way:
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10 > cd ntp-stable
11 > (make and test your changes to ntp-stable first)
12 > (commit your changes to ntp-stable)
13 > cd ../ntp-dev
14 > bk pull ../ntp-stable	(get your changes from ntp-stable)
15 > (resolve any problems and test your changes)
16 > (commit your changes to ntp-dev)
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18With the current release of bitkeeper it is *much* easier to move changes
19from ntp-stable to ntp-dev than it is to move changes from ntp-dev to
20ntp-stable.
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22If you make your changes in the above order and then submit them,
23it will be trivial to apply your patches.
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25Otherwise, it will be much more difficult to apply your patches.
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27You are pretty much done now if your repos are on pogo.udel.edu.
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29If these patches are for a bugzilla issue, mark the issue as Resolved/READY
30with a comment of "Please pick up the patches in pogo:/wherever"
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34Please read (and follow) the previous section if you want to submit
35patches for both ntp-stable and ntp-dev.
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37If you cannot easily get your patches to pogo, you may submit patches
38via the 'bk send' command:
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40 > cd REPO
41 > bk citool	(or bk ci ... ;  bk commit ... )
42 > bk pull	# make sure your repo is up-to-date
43 > bk send -d -ubk://www.ntp.org/home/bk/REPO - > file-containing-the-patch
44 > bk receive -vv -a < file-containing-the-patch
45		# Sanity check.
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47 # Open a bugzilla item at <http://bugzilla.ntp.org>
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49 # After the bug is opened, visit the bug and attach file-containing-the-patch
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