Hi Joyce,
Joyce Wong wrote: > > Hi Castor Guys! > > Nathan, thank you very much for explaining how this > all works! Yes, thanks Nathan for responding to the e-mails and providing the list with valuable information. > > I've completed all of my changes to > ValidationException for the 0.9.3.9 source code... > > So can someone adopt me and be my committer? Well..I am a bit young to adopt anyone...but I can be your committer. Just don't tell anyone! :-) > > Should I jar up my classes and send them to you? No. please send a diff -u against the current CVS version. > > I've done some testing and it seems OK to me. > > My changes should be very easy to merge in with the > rest of the code and it's very unlikely that it will > break any existing functionality. Great...I'll review it when I recieve it and let you know. Please send the diff -u to this list. That way anyone who wants to see the patch, and those that want to use the patch can use it right away, without waiting for review. > > Look forward to getting this stuff in! > Joyce : ) [fingers crossed] :-) Thanks for you interest in contributing to the project. --Keith > > --- "Green, Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Would someone who knows better than I please correct > > any > > mistakes I made here? > > See below... > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Joyce Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 2:19 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [castor-dev] What is the process of > > contributing > > > to Castor > > > > > > > > > Hello Castor Folks, > > > > > > First, I'd really like to thank Keith, Rick and > > > Harindrinath for helping me figure out how to > > > "checkout" stuff from the repository. > > Embarrassingly > > > easy once explained but frustrating nonetheless to > > a > > > CVS newbie like me. > > > > > > Now I have some questions about the process of > > > contributing to Castor... > > > > > > I downloaded 0.9.3.9 via FTP and completed all of > > my > > > ValidationException changes to that source code. > > > > > > However, I've come to understand that a CVS > > "checkout" > > > does not mean that I have a lock on the files so > > I'm > > > sorta puzzled as to how parallel development is > > > prevented and if it is not, how are branch > > versions > > > consolidated? > > > > The 'C' in CVS means "concurrent." It means that > > CVS > > was designed so that multiple developers could work > > on > > the same code concurrently. More info can be > > obtained > > at the CVS home page (http://www.cvshome.org/) > > > > > > > > I just don't know who does the merging if there's > > > parallel development. > > > > That is the responsibility of the committer(s). > > > > > > > > Do I just submit to someone in Castor who controls > > the > > > code and merges it or is it up to me to merge when > > I > > > check in? If it's up to me to merge upon checking > > in > > > then is it OK to overwrite the checked out code > > with > > > my modified 0.9.3.9 FTP code and just merge when > > > checking in? > > > > Ordinarily you submit a patch to a committer who > > then > > reviews the patch and commits the changes. > > > > > > > > How should I proceed given that I've already > > completed > > > my changes to ~20 classes on the 0.9.3.9 source > > code > > > that I downloaded via FTP? i.e. I don't have > > anything > > > currently checked out from CVS. > > > > To compare a directory: > > diff -ur OldSourceDir NewSourceDir > PatchFile > > > > To compare a single file: > > diff -u OldFile NewFile > PatchFile > > > > The utility diff is present on most Unix-type > > systems. > > If you are using windows, you can get diff (and many > > other > > utilities) here: > > > > > http://www.weihenstephan.de/~syring/win32/UnxUtils.html > > > > > > > > Also, Castor seems to want test cases but I don't > > know > > > how I am to submit them. Where do I put the test > > > cases? > > > > I suppose you would send them along with your > > patches. > > > > > > > > Thanks for all your help, > > > Joyce : ) > > > > > > --- Keith Visco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [SNIP] > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send > > mail to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of: > > unsubscribe castor-dev > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Web-hosting solutions for home and business! http://website.yahoo.ca > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of: > unsubscribe castor-dev ----------------------------------------------------------- If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of: unsubscribe castor-dev
