Re: Submissions and Patches

[Gus Heck]

I want to be clear; I do not mean to suggest that the commiters are not 
working hard, or that nothing new is going in. However, I have the 
feeling that the patches that are getting old are doing so because 
commiters deal with patches that interest them personally first. One can 
hardly blame them since they ARE *volunteers*. I'm hoping we can find a 
volunteer that is willing to say "I'll try to make sure even the booring 
patches get looked at and responded to within X ammount of time." (note 
that I said responded to not committed)

Of course it is not a matter of blindly commiting. (shiver at the thought)
-Gus
p.s. I would hate to see anyone decrease their involvement because I 
complained about not getting my patch in... I still appriciate all the 
other work that _is_ being done.

Steve Loughran wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gus Heck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ant Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 10:49 AM
Subject: Submissions and Patches

So is there someone among the committers who is in charge of reviewing
submitted patches and submissions? Or at least in charge of reading and
delegating review of patches and submissions? I sent a message several
days ago outlining patches and submissions I found in Bugzilla
(including mine) that seem to just be twisting in the wind. (appologies
for the apparent accidental cut-paste problem in that message)
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ant-dev&r=1&b=200210&w=2
It got no response, so I am guessing that it is because nobody thinks
this is their job to deal with new submissions.

au contraire, it is everyone's job to deal with new submissions.
It is also my job to
-get stuff done at work, which today includes why axis doesnt like my code,
which is why I'm delving into the depths of axis
-maintain some modicum of a life
so right now on my ant pending plate is
-add DD's <which> task
-commit Jesse's patches to VSS, SOS
-finish off the incorporation of Brian's VBC task and refactoring of .NET
stuff
-add XsdToDotnet, fix WsdlToDotnet to handle multiple XSD files
-get back to proposals/http and add good http support to ant
Every submission takes time; its not just a matter of blindly committing all
patches, as there are the tests and docs to integrate. I do try and balance
my own contribs with other peoples work, and the great thing about bugzilla
is stuff doesnt get lost there. But I cannot promise to commit new stuff
right now, not till my todo list stuff is dealt with 'in my copious free
time'
-steve
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