Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (715 mails)

[Lars Müller <lmuelle@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 01:19:49PM -0400, Tom Parker wrote:
> How would I go about submitting a patch for the netconfig dns-resolver
> script that is part of the sysconfig package.

As Peter wrote this is easies to accomplish via the Open Build Service.¹

For the command line there is a subversion like command line tool named
osc.  It is available from the osc package which ist part of openSUSE
oss repository.

With the help of it you branch the sysconfig package available from the
Base:System project.

   osc bco Base:System sysconfig

After pulling the package sources from the OBS you have a local copy of
the package sources.

To these you apply your modification and add a short but well describing
description to the package change log file (sysconfig.changes) by
calling 'osc vc'

With 'osc build openSUSE_Factory x86_64' you try a local build.  By this
you see if your patch gets applied and at the end you also have an
installable RPM.  This you can use for testing for example.

Not it's time to call 'osc commit' which pushes your changes to your
branched package at the openSUSE server.  At https://build.openSUSE.org/
you can follow the build progress.

When everything works you file a submit request by calling 'osc sr' from
your branches location back to the Base:System.

   osc sr home:lmuelle:branches:Base:System sysconfig Base:System

would be the command line if I would have branched the sysconfig
package.

As I like it to have a public reference of what changed I usually file a
bug report and describe what's missing, broken, or going wrong.  The
resulting bug ID we're used to referece in the package change log in
this form:

- Add netconfig sysconfig dns-resolver configuration option;
  (bnc#7623445).

This allows any of us in the community to follow the evolvement of a
particular feature, fix, or other change.  Even after quite soime time
we'r able to check what had been the motivation, reason, the arguments
to implement something in this particular way.

Following this line anyone is able to decide by its own if a change
needs this amount of documentation or not.  Said with other words, a
simple typo does not require a bug report.


In your sysconfig case Marius <mt at suse dot com> is in charge of the
component.  He's is a nice and always very helpful guy.  I'm sure he's
open to such an enhancement as described by your mail.

And be welcome to the build fun!

Cheers,

Lars

¹ http://en.openSUSE.org/openSUSE:How_to_contribute_to_Factory
-- 
Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ]
Samba Team
SUSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany