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3. If a bug has already been filed for what you want to do, check its [[Bugzilla:Priority_System|priority]]. | 3. If a bug has already been filed for what you want to do, check its [[Bugzilla:Priority_System|priority]]. | ||
4. | 4. Check out the latest Bugzilla code from CVS. You can see instructions for how to do this on the [http://www.bugzilla.org/download/#cvs Bugzilla download page]. You always want to work against the latest CVS code of Bugzilla, not a released version, if you're writing patches that you want us to accept. | ||
5. | 5. Write some code. Make sure that you follow the [http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/developer.html Developer's Guide]. If you're new, you don't have to read the whole thing. Just read the [http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/developer.html#general General Guidelines], the [http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/developer.html#perl-style Style] section, and any other part that you think applies to the code that you're writing. Make sure that your patch is [[Bugzilla:Simple_Patches|as simple and small as possible]]. | ||
6. [ | 6. Test your patch. Make sure it works, and run ./runtests.pl in the Bugzilla directory. Also use [http://validator.w3.org the HTML validator] to make sure your code generates valid HTML, if you modified any of Bugzilla's HTML. | ||
7. [[Bugzilla: | 7. [[Bugzilla:Patches|Make a patch]] | ||
8. [[Bugzilla: | 8. [[Bugzilla:Submitting_Patches|Submit your patch in Bugzilla]] | ||
9. | 9. [[Bugzilla:Review|Ask for review]] | ||
10. [[Bugzilla:Committing_Patches|Commit your patch]], or get somebody else to commit it for you. | 10. Once your bug has passed review, the reviewer will ask for "approval". When approval is granted, you or the reviewer can commit the patch to CVS. | ||
11. [[Bugzilla:Committing_Patches|Commit your patch]], or get somebody else to commit it for you. | |||
== Articles and Policies == | == Articles and Policies == | ||
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* [[Bugzilla:UI_Design]] | * [[Bugzilla:UI_Design]] | ||
* [[Bugzilla:Simple_Patches]] | |||
[[category:Bugzilla|D]] | [[category:Bugzilla|D]] | ||