MRTG-CONTRIB(1)                      mrtg                      MRTG-CONTRIB(1)



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       mrtg-contrib - Contribution Guidelines for MRTG

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       If you have written an extension to mrtg or created a bug fix, please
       consider contributing it to the project. As I get quite a number of
       contributions every week, here are a few guidelines which explain how
       to contribute so that I can use the contribution without too much
       additional work.

   TTrraannssllaattiioonnss
       MRTG messages have been translated to a number of languages but there
       are still many which have not been covered yet. If you want to add
       yours, go into the _m_r_t_g_-_2_._1_6_._3_/_t_r_a_n_s_l_a_t_e directory and follow the
       instructions given in the _R_E_A_D_M_E file.

   PPaattcchheess
       When you have created your modification or extension to mrtg and want
       to submit it to me, please crate a patch for the files which you have
       modified.  Do not send entire files unless they are new.

       To create a patch, get hold of a copy of GNU diff (Many Unix systems
       will have this installed already. In the NT world you might want to get
       http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ to get all the nice GNU tools
       available.)  and type

        diff --unified --ignore-space-change old-file new-file > simple.patch

       or if you have modified several files do

        diff --recursive --unified --ignore-space-change old-dir/ new-dir/ >long.patch

   DDooccuummeennttaattiioonn
       All documentation of mrtg is done with the perl PPOODD system. If you want
       to learn about it, type

        perldoc perlpod

       and read the instructions. If you have bugfixes or additions to the
       existing documents, make sure you modify the PPOODD files and not the html
       or txt versions.

       I take documentation very seriously. Whenever you create a new feature
       for mrtg which you want to get included in the official release, your
       patch must also contain modifications for the relevant ppoodd file in the
       _d_o_c tree or for the documentation sections of _c_f_g_m_a_k_e_r and _i_n_d_e_x_m_a_k_e_r.

AADDDDRREESSSS
       Send your patches, translations and contributions to Tobias Oetiker
       <tobi@oetiker.ch>

AAUUTTHHOORR
       Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch>



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