I am always grateful for any patches sent in. Much of the flexibility and portability of the code is due to other people. Please do not hesitate to send me any changes you have found necessary or useful.
When sending a patch, please send the output of the Unix diff
program invoked with the `-c' option (if you have the GNU version
of diff, use the `-p' option). Always invoke diff
with the original file first and the modified file second.
If your diff does not support `-c' (or you don't have
diff), send a complete copy of the modified file (if you have
just changed a single function, you can just send the new version of the
function). In particular, please do not send diff output without
the `-c' option, as it is useless.
If you have made a number of changes, it is very convenient for me if you send each change as a separate mail message. Sometimes I will think that one change is useful but another one is not. If they are in different messages it is much easier for me to apply one but not the other.
I rarely apply the patches directly. Instead I work my way through the hunks and apply each one separately. This ensures that the naming remains consistent, and that I understand all the code.
If you can not follow all these rules, then don't. But if you do, it makes it more likely that I will incorporate your changes. I am not paid for my UUCP work, and my available time is unfortunately very restricted. The package is important to me, and I do what I can, but I can not do all that I would like, much less all that everybody else would like.
Finally, please do not be offended if I do not reply to messages for some time, even a few weeks. I am often behind on my mail, and if I think your message deserves a considered reply I will often put it aside until I have time to deal with it.
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