On Thu, Nov 03, 2022 at 12:31:10PM +0100, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues wrote: > Quoting Zhang Ning (2022-11-03 11:45:17) > > 6, gcc, binutils: need help, I don't know how to submit a patch to Debian > > toolchain-team, don't accept a poll request. > > > > 7, m4, diffutils: need help, I don't know where is correct upstream[1][2], > > the patch[3][4] is for generated files, but Debian source has these files, > > thus how can I submit these patch to Debian source? these two packages > > don't have VCS. > > > > 8, newt: need help, build failed without python. cdebconf and base-passwd > > are skipped. > > > > 9, gmp: pass with manuall cross_build action, need help. > > > > 10, libffi: need help, I don't know how to submit a patch to debian libffi, > > no VCS. > > In Debian, for packages having a VCS is still optional in 2022. And for those > packages that do have a VCS, it up to them whether or not they enable > receiving > merge requests. > > What works for all packages in Debian is to send patches as a bug to the > Debian > bugtracking system. So just file a bug against the source packages in question > and attach your patch to the bug.
thank you, I will send a patch via bug report. > > So you can either send all your patches to the bugtracker in the first place > (because all source packages accept that way to submit patches) or (and that's > what I do) first check if the source package is on salsa and receiving merge > requests and submit the patch there and fall back to the bugtracker if there > is > no reaction to my merge request on salsa. > > Thanks! > > cheers, josch