understood; thanks for the process info; On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Jeremias Maerki <[email protected]>wrote:
> Any committer is allowed to create a development branch, preferably with > some advance warning. The thing is: the ASF doesn't give away commit > rights just upon request. Committership has to be earned by regular > contributions. See: http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html > > What we can do for you is to create a branch for your patches and then > process (review, apply) them. That way you can improve the branch > incrementally and we can get to know you. When you bombard us with good > contributions, you can be pretty sure to be fast-tracked to > committership. > > At least, you already have one task behind you: Your ICLA is on file > with the ASF. That's good. > > On 07.07.2010 07:08:29 Glenn Adams wrote: > > What is the policy for branch creation? In particular, would it be > possible > > to create a branch to which I could commit changes to add the following > > support: > > > > - complex scripts (e.g., arabic, indic) > > - advanced typographic font table support (e.g., gpos/gsub/jstf, ...) > > - writing-mode, unicode-bidi, direction traits > > - inline-progression-direction, block-progress-direction, > shift-direction > > traits > > - unicode bidi algorithm > > > > Due to the extent of the changes to support the above, this may be a > complex > > patch to manage without a branch, as can be seen by my current set of > > added/modified files listed below. > > > > Regards, > > Glenn Adams > > > > A > src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/DiscontinuousAssociationException.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/apps/TTFReader.java > > A src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/GlyphTable.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/MultiByteFont.java > > A src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/Positionable.java > > A src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/GlyphUtils.java > > A src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/GlyphSubtable.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/Font.java > > A src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/GlyphCoverageTable.java > > A src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/GlyphPositioningSubtable.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/truetype/TTFFile.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/LazyFont.java > > A src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/GlyphPositioning.java > > A src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/ArabicScriptProcessor.java > > A src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/GlyphSequence.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/type1/AFMFile.java > > A src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/GlyphSubstitutionTable.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/FontReader.java > > A src/java/org/apache/fop/fonts/Substitutable.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fo/FOText.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fo/Constants.java > > M > > > src/java/org/apache/fop/fo/extensions/svg/SVGDOMContentHandlerFactory.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fo/PropertyList.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fo/FObj.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fo/flow/table/Table.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fo/pagination/SimplePageMaster.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fo/pagination/PageSequence.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fo/pagination/Region.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fo/properties/DimensionPropertyMaker.java > > M > > src/java/org/apache/fop/fo/properties/CorrespondingPropertyMaker.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fo/properties/IndentPropertyMaker.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/fo/FOPropertyMapping.java > > A src/java/org/apache/fop/traits/Direction.java > > A src/java/org/apache/fop/traits/WritingMode.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/area/BodyRegion.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/area/MainReference.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/area/AreaTreeParser.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/area/AreaTreeModel.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/area/PageViewport.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/area/Page.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/area/inline/WordArea.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/area/inline/TextArea.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/area/inline/Viewport.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/area/Span.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/area/RegionReference.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/area/PageSequence.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/area/Area.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/area/Trait.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/area/RegionViewport.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/area/Block.java > > M src/java/org/apache/fop/util/CharUtilities.java > > > > > Jeremias Maerki > >
