On 06/10/10 20:04, Mason wrote: > What can I do to make it happen? Help the maintainer, by testing the proposed fix yourself with an rpmbuild: 1. yum downloader --source name-of-package(or parent package) 2. extract the rpm 3. test your rpmbuild capability works with the existing packages as is 4. open up the .spec 5. bump the release part 6. add a comment describing the action you are taking 7. add a patch from elsewhere to the patch file definition 8. add the apply patch command to the %prep section 9. rpmbuild -ba the-package 10. install the built package 11. test the application 12. when you are sure that the fix works and doesn't introduce other issues, make a diff of the spec ot the original 13. post the spec patch and the actual patch to the bug. indicate that this has successfully built and been running, perhaps with some stats eg: a couple of runs of before and after: - time applicationname Much more on package development on the fedoraproject wiki, just ask if you are having trouble... -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
