how to submit binary file for inclusion?

[James E Wilson]

Jan Beulich wrote:
> I find that I have a need for submitting (in what would normally be a
> patch) a binary file (since there's no open source or sufficiently
> wide-spread tool available to generate it). Since including this in a
> patch doesn't work, how would I go about doing this?

Just submit it as a separate attachment.  However, it is unlikely to be 
accepted without a very good explanation.

Also, keep in mind that one of the clauses of the GPL defines source 
code as the preferred form of the work for making modifications.  So if 
you are contributing a file that was produced by a utility, then we also 
need the input file for that utility.  Even if we don't have a copy of 
that utility program.
-- 
Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com