# from Thomas Klausner
# on Monday 15 October 2007 00:45:
>I just submitted a bug report including a patch:
>http://rt.cpan.org//Ticket/Display.html?id=30004
At a glance, it looks like that might have been fixed in svn. At least,
we had a similar discussion just recently. See r10009.
>Only after submitting it I realised that I could diff against
> subversion directly. Or better, checkout a copy, and let svn produce
> the diff.
Yes, patches against the HEAD of svn are usually best.
>Anyway, are my chances of getting my patch applied higher if I use
> svn?
In general, yes. It does make it easier.
> Or do you even hand out commit bits like Adam Kennedy does?
That's not quite possible with the svn.perl.org setup. The delay of
requesting commit bits via e-mail puts a damper on it.
--Eric
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