You have identified a bug in a Mantis, and you have developed a solution to correct the defect. So, how do you submit that solution, for inclusion in Mantis?

By following the guidelines set out below, you will give your solution its best chance of being adopted, in a timely fashion.

Please be sure to base your patch upon the most recent code in our CVS. This ensures you will be able to properly test your modifications and provide a cleanly applicable patch.

To get the most current Mantis sources use:

• For the first checkout

  cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@mantisbt.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/mantisbt login
  cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@mantisbt.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/mantisbt co -P mantisbt

• After the first checkout (run this from the mantisbt directory)

  cvs update -dP

Please refer to the Mantis page on sourceforge for more detailed instructions on how to access CVS.

Thank you for reading this document – and looking forward to your patches!