How to submit something new

Mon, 12/21/2009 - 07:17 | by einderri

If you have a new feature to add to EFS, such as a new test:

  1. If you have a new test script ending in .t, some mailers may become confused and consider it an application/x-troff. One way around this (for *nix users) is to diff the file against /dev/null like this:

  cd efs-core
  diff -u /dev/null newfile.t > newfile.patch

  1. Go to the EFS ticket tracking system . Log in, or create an account if you don’t have one yet.
  2. Select New Ticket.
  3. Give a clear and concise summary. Prefix it with a “[NEW]”  identifier.
  4. In the description, explain of the purpose of the feature you are adding, and list any existing files affected as well as new files.
  5. Set the type of the ticket to “new feature”. Set other relevant drop-down menus.
  6. Check the box for “I have files to attach to this ticket” Double-check that you’ve actually done this, because it’s easy to forget. DO NOT paste the content of the new file or files into the body of the message.
  7. Click the “Create ticket” button. On the next page attach the patch for your new file(s).