Hi OXIDians,
Now and again, I program something / write a module to fix a
bug and
would like to suggest my changes so that they can be
considered for
integration in the OXID-Core / next OXID-Release.
Currently, there is only the opportunity to do this via email
/ the
forum / the bugtracker etc. (correct me if I am wrong), where
I can post
and hope that someone reads/understands and integrates
whatever I post.
This doesn't seem to be a terribly efficient workflow and,
from what I
can see, there haven't been many notable contributions from
the
community since the introduction of CE except for Joscha's
downloadable
products in 4.6 (again, correct me if I'm wrong).
So, my question:
Is there, or will there be in the future, the possibility to
check out
OXID-CE using a distributed VCS like GIT or HG? I personally
think it
would be great for the community if something like this
existed, as it
would allow the following workflow:
1) OXID offers a read-only clonable repository e.g.
http://git.oxid-esales.com/
2) A 3rd-party programmer checks out the repository, makes a
new branch
for his bugfix.
3) The bugfix is tested by the programmer.
4) Once finished, the programmer posts either a request to
pull to
dev-general, stating the public address to his GIT-Clone, i.e.
http://git.my-pretend-company.com/oxid and his bugfix branch
name, or
sends an e-mail formatted patch directly to the list.
5) Anyone on the group can pull and test his changes / make
comments.
6) The OXID-Devs recieve his message and pull his changes into
their
working copies.
7) The changes get tested / tidied-up / unit-tested / put
through
OXID-QA etc. etc.
8) Changes get integrated in the next release.
9) OXID Devs are happy, because they don't have to fix the bug
themselves.
All of this could be done without needing external hosters
such as
GitHub/BitBucket and changes would only be integrated if the
original
author agrees to dual-license his/her code (so that it can be
used in
CE/PE/EE etc.).
Any thoughts, advantages/disadvantages?
Regards
Dave
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