On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 7:34 AM, David Chisnall <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 20 Dec 2013, at 11:34, Graham Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That assertion is not demonstrated in practice. There are bugs with > patches attached in Savannah going back years, and the patches section has > something still there from 2004. Saying “we want patches” is one thing, but > if they’re not accepted then contributors will feel unwelcome and will move > on. > > $ svn log -r31303:HEAD http://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/ | grep -i > 'patch by' | wc -l > 93 > > So at least 93 patches have been accepted in the last year. Some > committers forget to put 'Patch by', or put 'submitted by' or something > else in the log, so this is not complete, but it definitely refutes the > assertion that patches are not accepted. Looking at the runtime, I've > committed 22 patches by other people, and the runtime is one of the smaller > projects in the GNUstep umbrella. > > The bug tracker is an embarrassment. There is no connection between GNA > accounts (for svn) and Savannah accounts (for the bug tracker). I tried to > create a Savannah account twice and have failed both times. Even if you > do, the Savannah bug tracker is quite painful to work with (and I'm used to > Bugzilla, so my standards are not very high when it comes to bug tracking). > And some people decide to file bugs on GitHub, because we also have a bug > tracker there[1], but most committers are completely unaware of it, while > most non-cmmitters are unaware of the Savannah one (and why would they know > about it? The official site for GNUstep is gna.org, so why would you > look on savannah.gnu.org for a bug tracker?). > > I agree. We should either move our bugs to gna or move the code back to savannah. Does anyone have any opinions on this? > The only times I ever see bug reports for GNUstep is when Fred emails me. > There's no automatic stuff, and no one is responsible for bug triage. > This is why I always recommend GNUstep contributors send patches to the > mailing list, not via Savannah: patches sent to the list are reviewed and > committed quickly. > > In other projects I contribute to, each category in the bug tracker has a > mailing list associated with it, and so people get a mail when there is a > new bug and can assign it correctly. In GNUstep, it just gets hidden away > until someone is bored enough to poll the bug tracker. > > David > > [1] https://github.com/gnustep/gnustep-base/issues > > -- Sent from my Apple II > > -- Gregory Casamento Open Logic Corporation, Principal Consultant yahoo/skype: greg_casamento, aol: gjcasa (240)274-9630 (Cell) http://www.gnustep.org http://heronsperch.blogspot.com
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