I'm wondering if there is any process for dealing with code submissions i.e. for getting a decision that they are accepted, rejected, or ignored. I hope the following doesn't come across as a complaint, because I think CouchDb and the community are great, but I feel in limbo on this particular topic.
The reason for asking is that I submitted JIRA issue COUCHDB-1373<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1373>a while back, then let it drop for some while before submitting pull request 28 <https://github.com/apache/couchdb/pull/28> with proposed code for implementing the suggestion. After some initial discussion on the JIRA issue, there was no response to the pull request, and I don't know if that means I didn't follow the right process, it has been rejected, it's been decided to ignore it, or it's gone into a queue to be considered eventually. There are many good reasons for not accepting submitted code: the suggestion may be bad, the code may be bad, there may not be the resources to deal with it, it may be undesirable creeping featurism, it may come from someone who hasn't demonstrated good understanding of the project etc. Any of those verdicts might apply in this case but, whatever the reason is, it would be good to be told it so that I know whether it's worth expending more effort to improve my chances of acceptance, or whether to spend that time on finding ways to carry on without the proposed code. If someone can help or guide me, or give an outline of how things operate in this area, I'd be really grateful. Many thanks, Nick North
