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7.2 Sending Patches

Steps to send a patch

1. Compile the patched code.
2. Run the test suite.
3. (optional) Run make distcheck.
4. Extract the patches with git format-patch HEAD~<NUM_COMMITS>
5. Send the patches to the mailing list for review.

The steps 1 to 3 can be performed automatically with the provided script build-aux/build.sh.