RE: m4 patch requests

Mike Fulton <[email protected]> Sat, 24 Dec 2022 04:52:20 +0000
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Hi

Thank you Sam! Will do.

Thanks, Mike


On 2022-12-23, 20:43, "Sam James" <[email protected]> wrote:


> On 24 Dec 2022, at 03:56, Mike Fulton <[email protected]<mailto:fultonm@=
ca.ibm.com>> wrote:
>
> Hello,

Hi Mike,

>  I am new to the m4 community and would like to understand the best way t=
o propose a patch.
> I have a few small changes I would like to request =96 one minor one wher=
e there is a macro collision on z/OS where __stat is already defined, and t=
wo others where I would like to add some z/OS specific code for conversion =
to ASCII from EBCDIC.
> I have a third where the error message from our runtime is =91<message nu=
mber> No such file or directory=92 instead of just =91No such file or direc=
tory=92.
>  What is the preferred way to propose these changes for the community?

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/m4.git/tree/HACKING?h=3Dbranch-1.4 almost=
 covers it but not quite.

I would follow the guidance in that file wrt style and such, and then send =
patches to the m4-patches
mailing list ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:m4-patc=
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>) using git-send-email.

Best,
sam


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<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt">On 2022-12-23, 20:43,=
 &quot;Sam James&quot; &lt;[email protected]&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;I am new to the m4 community and wou=
ld like to understand the best way to propose a patch.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">&gt; I have a few small changes I would like to requ=
est =96 one minor one where there is a macro collision on z/OS where __stat=
 is already defined, and two others where I would like to add some z/OS spe=
cific code for conversion to ASCII from
 EBCDIC.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">&gt; I have a third where the error message from our=
 runtime is =91&lt;message number&gt; No such file or directory=92 instead =
of just =91No such file or directory=92.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;What is the preferred way to propose=
 these changes for the community?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><a href=3D"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/m4.git/=
tree/HACKING?h=3Dbranch-1.4">https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/m4.git/tree/=
HACKING?h=3Dbranch-1.4</a> almost covers it but not quite.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I would follow the guidance in that file wrt style a=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">mailing list (<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">=
[email protected]</a> &lt;mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">m4-=
[email protected]</a>&gt;) using git-send-email.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">sam<o:p></o:p></p>
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