Subject: Re: Bugs being fixed.
To: Johnny Billquist <bqt@Update.UU.SE>
From: Tim Shoppa <shoppa@alph01.triumf.ca>
List: port-vax
Date: 06/16/1997 15:42:41
> I'd recommend *everyone* to upgrade to 1.2G as soon as possible.
> 
> The bug with regards to swapping has been fixed, and there as been a
> number of other small fixes in the last couple of weeks, which I think
> people will appreciate.
> 
> The swap bug is a pretty serious thing. I'm really amazed that it has
> worked at all for people...

I, for one, would appreciate a detailed description of which files
had to be modified and (possibly) why.  I just looked in
/src/sys/arch/vax/vax and see some files changed in the past few
days, but my inability to access the previous version makes it hard
for me to track the detailed technical changes.

Is it possible that I'm misinterpreting the range of "on-topic" subjects
for the port-vax mailing list?  I originally subscribed in a hope that
it would contain some detailed discussion of what was being changed
and why, with the hope that I could join in the development process.
But in the past half-year the number of such technical discussions
on port-vax can be counted on one hand...

Another naive question: suppose I do track down a bug and fix it.
How do my fixes get merged back into the "official" sources?  Do
I e-mail them to somebody?  Is there some automated procedure
where I put them in some incoming directory at ftp.netbsd.org and
they get automagically merged into the NetBSD-current sources?

Tim. (shoppa@triumf.ca)