# HG changeset patch
# User Carnë Draug <carandraug+dev@gmail.com>
# Date 1342638332 -3600
# Node ID f20312fc904665401fe0e1cf445cfe482ee7b151
# Parent  02952657182eb7bbd1092d1237a0a5f66b24fafe
doc: recommend to use bug tracker rather than maintainers mailing list.

diff --git a/doc/interpreter/contrib.txi b/doc/interpreter/contrib.txi
--- a/doc/interpreter/contrib.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/contrib.txi
@@ -135,7 +135,11 @@
 @section Basics of Generating a Changeset
 
 The preferable form of contribution is creating a Mercurial changeset
-and sending it via e-mail to the octave-maintainers mailing list.
+and submit it to the @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=octave, bug} or
+@uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?func=additem&group=octave, patch}
+trackers@footnote{Please use the patch tracker only for patches which add new
+features.  If you have a patch to submit that fixes a bug, you should use the
+bug tracker instead.}.
 Mercurial is the source code management system currently used to develop
 Octave.  Other forms of contributions (e.g., simple diff patches) are
 also acceptable, but they slow down the review process.  If you want to
@@ -159,15 +163,14 @@
 hg export -o ../cool.diff tip
                              # export the changeset to a diff
                              # file
-# send ../cool.diff via email
+# attach ../cool.diff to your bug report
 @end group
 @end example
 
 You may want to get familiar with Mercurial queues to manage your
 changesets.  Here is a slightly more complex example using Mercurial
 queues, where work on two unrelated changesets is done in parallel and
-one of the changesets is updated after discussion on the maintainers
-mailing list:
+one of the changesets is updated after discussion on the bug tracker:
 
 @example
 hg qnew nasty_bug            # create a new patch
@@ -178,7 +181,7 @@
                              # save again with commit message
 hg export -o ../nasty.diff tip
                              # export the patch
-# send ../nasty.diff via email
+# attach ../nasty.diff to your bug report
 hg qpop                      # undo the application of the patch
                              # and remove the changes from the
                              # source tree
@@ -188,14 +191,14 @@
                              # save the changes into the patch
 hg export -o ../doc.diff tip
                              # export the second patch
-# send ../doc.diff tip via email
+# attach ../doc.diff to your bug report
 hg qpop
-# discussion in the maintainers mailing list @dots{}
+# discussion in the bug tracker @dots{}
 hg qpush nasty_bug           # apply the patch again
 # change sources yet again @dots{}
 hg qref
 hg export -o ../nasty2.diff tip
-# send ../nasty2.diff via email
+# attach ../nasty2.diff to your bug report
 @end example
 
 @node General Guidelines