Re: How to check in changes?

[Thomas M. <mat...@ph...>]

Lars Hecking <lhecking <at> users.sourceforge.net> writes:

> > How do I commit the changes? 
> 
>  Use the patch tracker on SF.

OK.  Exactly what format of diff-ing should I use, and against what,
to create the patch?  A cvs diff against the head?  A diff against 4.0?
What options on the diff command?

Also, there are some new test scripts and test data files to demonstrate
cases where the existing fits do the wrong thing, and that the changes make
it do the right thing.  How should that be handled?  It appears that the patch
submission page on sourceforge expects only one file per patch.  Should I
tar together the diff output and the new test scripts and data files?  Or make
multiple "patches"?

> 
>  You are not registered as a gnuplot developer on SF, so you have no
>  write access to CVS. 

Fair enough.

>  This status is awarded on a merit basis - the
>  quality of your contributions to gnuplot development e.g. in the form
>  of code and mailing list discussions. As you have only appeared on
>  our radar last December and posted 4 msgs here in total (including
>  today's), this might not happen just yet :)

I read the discussions, but since I'm generally happy with the way gnuplot
plots data, and don't claim that my opinions have more weight than others,
I haven't weighed in.  I'm more interested in improving the fitting part, and
there hasn't been discussion of that.