On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 09:21:08AM +0000, Filipe Tomaz wrote: > But this needs to be clear to me, this is, the task(s) that I > will make.
Hi Filipe, Like others, I thank you for offering to do this, and I think it would be a big help to the project. I agree we should talk a bit about what the tasks would be. I think a good patch steward would be good at working with the submitter to get patches in good shape, where good shape means they apply cleanly, they are free from unnecessary or problematic changes like reformatting existing code or adding dos line endings, they have log messages that are coherent and explain why the change is being made, they include any necessary documentation changes, and so on. This doesn't mean you have to be a strong programmer in our particular code, but it does probably mean you would need experience with git (or at least another version control system) and code development in general, and you would need a general feel for what's documented where and how. I understand that you don't have intimate knowledge about the linuxcnc source code, and I think that's fine for doing this job. But I wonder if you could tell us more about what experience you do have with version control and other software projects? Just that you are considering taking on this job makes me think that if you do not yet have these technical skills you could develop them. In my experience working with patch submissions, this stuff is most of the work, especially with people contributing for the first time or two, and it can take a lot of back-and-forth. Once this work is done, a developer can jump right to the job of evaluating the technical part of the change. The other part of the patch-steward job is skillfully interacting with people, where I'm less qualified to say what is necessary to do a good job, or even how it should be done. If you commit to this position, I'd say that part would be up to you. Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers