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+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+
+[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable
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+document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
+Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license
+is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation
+License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
+
+
+Patch Life Cycle
+================
+
+[[!toc startlevel=2]]
+
+
+* * *
+
+
+Start
+-----
+
+Follow the steps listed on the [[package porting page|porting_guide_for_dummies]].
+
+
+Discuss
+-------
+
+Send the patch for review to [debian-hurd@lists.debian.org](mailto:debian-hurd@lists.debian.org).  
+**Before** sending the patch, make sure that you've solved all the known problems listed in the [[package porting general introduction|hurd/porting/guidelines]] 
+and the [[porting guide for dummies|porting_guide_for_dummies]].
+
+
+Submit Draft
+------------
+
+When the patch is good enough, you can write the draft of the official bug report.  
+This draft should first be sent for review to [debian-hurd@lists.debian.org](mailto:debian-hurd@lists.debian.org) with the patch attached.
+
+Here is an example for memstat:
+
+    Source: memstat
+    Version: 0.9
+    Severity: important
+    Tags: patch
+    User: debian-hurd@lists.debian.org
+    Usertags: hurd
+    X-DebBugs-CC: debian-hurd@lists.debian.org
+
+    Hi,
+
+    This patch solves the build problems for GNU/Hurd due to PATH_MAX
+    issues. The solution is to make dynamic string allocations instead of
+    using fixed length buffers. The patch involves one file, and is
+    trivial.
+
+    FIXME:
+    Is it really useful to check if BUFSIZ is defined?
+
+    TODO:
+    Should the "whole package" be tested with valgrind on GNU/Linux?!
+    If yes, is there a standard procedure to do it?!
+
+    Thanks! 
+    Special thanks to Jérémie and Richard for their comments!
+
+    (Not submitted yet, comments are welcome.)
+
+Once it's been approved, you can proceed to the submission.
+
+
+Submit
+------
+
+The bug report is the same as above, with all the **FIXME**, **TODO** and final comment removed.  
+Attach the patch and send it to [submit@debian.org](mailto:submit@debian.org).  
+Convention for the attachment name is: `fix_FTBFS4Hurd.patch`
+
+
+Accept
+------
+
+Once the patch has been accepted, update your patch page!  
+**Congratulations!**
+
+
+