On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > Hi Greg, > >> Nope, sorry. You have to be a committer to be able to commit to the >> whiteboard. You can, however, submit patches in Jira. > > Understand. So what's the best way for non committers to submit unit tests, > code samples showing issues or new ideas not all of these things belong in > JIRA. People who are non committers want to contribute as well, and currently > there's no way for anyone who is not a committer to become one. > > My current understanding is that JIRA is basically off limits until we get > the Adobe JIRA bugs imported and while hopefully that's going to happen this > week it's not going to be complete until the end of Feb. Non committers can > only comment/provide patches for bugs that have already been imported right? > > Thanks, > Justin
Since this project is still fresh, and the press isn't even quite ready yet, it's not concrete on how to contribute. Contributions from non-committers, as I understand it, will come in the form of patches submitted to Jira, as stated previously. You can also discuss your ideas and patches on this list and lobby for a committer to take on your patch and actually commit it to the repository. As you become a more avid committer in the community, and it's pretty clear you produce quality code, then at that time it might make sense for PPMC members to vote you in as a committer. It's an approval based on participation and merit, someone please correct me if I'm wrong. As for the fact that we're not quite ready for Jira to be hammered, until Alex @ Adobe can get things going there, we should respect the efforts he is putting in and make all contributions for now on list. Remember, this is a substantial contribution from a very corporate company - this stuff will take time to iron out. We all want to get going, but we also need to be aware of the hurdles the messengers are facing, and give them their respect and time to do what they can with those obstacles. We are here to support them, and definitely don't want to alienate them. Their time is pretty much on a volunteer basis now, so let's not piss them off. :) - Doug
