On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 10:31:10AM +0000, Stephen Davies wrote: >So those who send patches should expect some feedback or questions as to >our code. > >I submitted a tdfx driver patch on 7th Oct: > >> Your submission to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has been assigned the >> sequence number A.1297. > >I would have expected some sort of reply, perhaps one of: > > - patch accepted > - send your patch to xx@yy, maintainer of the tdfx driver > - we don't understand and won't apply - explain why you do ... > >In my case the tdfx driver isn't used so much anymore, less so the XVideo >support that the patch improves. Nevertheless, it seems selfish to keep >the change to myself.
All patch submissions to XFree86 are welcome, but the only guarantee you get when making a submission is that someone will look at it and either review it or find someone else to review it. There is no guarantee about when that will happen, but our goal is that all submissions received in time for the next release will be reviewed before that release is finalised. It's unreasonable to expect the volunteers who review submissions to do so on your timetable. Until it's reviewed, all we can tell you is that we received it and that it's in our queue (that's what the automated reply does). Once a submission is reviewed, any of the following may happen: 1. submission found to be a duplicate, or problem already fixed 2. committed with or without changes 3. submitter contacted for further information 4. held for further review 5. rejected For case 1, you probably won't hear anything back. There's an assumption that you're following the relevant area of the XFree86 development code, so you'll already know if the problem you submitted a fix for has since been fixed. For case 2, you'll see that the submission has been committed via the cvs-commit list (http://www.xfree86.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-commit), which is archived. You can also look at the changelog extract on our web site (http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/changes.html), which is updated automatically at frequent intervals. Both your name and the number assigned to your submission should appear in the commit message and changelog entry. In cases 3 and 5 you should be contacted via email. In case 4 it depends on the further review. David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
