As nex3 mentioned in his last post, we have both been insanely busy with new projects. However, Haml is extremely important to us and we don't want it to fall to the wayside because of distractions. So, I'm formally putting out a call to the community for patches with the possibility of someone getting commit access to the repository and becoming core.
Currently, the only core members are me and Nathan.... with Jeff having access but being as busy as us. ;) Basically, what we are looking for is someone who writes good tests, solid simple changes (at first), and knows how to petition the community with their ideas before a patch is made. Feel free to contact me via email about any feature ideas you have before you spend your time implementing them. Most people are generally unaware of the methods of open source contribution... so I'll give you a quick rundown. This is true for almost any project. Start off with small, simple patches that are easy to understand and mostly fix bugs or give small performance boosts with limited changes. Patches are about trust. If someone puts in a 400 line change to a project and they have never worked with the code before... chances are it will fall to the wayside. Start small and work up in size. The core people will gain trust as they see that you make good small decisions on the patches that you put in. The more important the project, the more important this is. For instance, no one goes in and re-writes Rails from the ground up with one patch from nowhere. Changes are important and it takes a lot of trust to get them put in. Also, big changes are traumatic. Other people on the project may not understand the new code. They might have trouble doing what they need to do. Big changes do happen, but they happen as trust is gained. So yeah, everyone feel free to put in patches, especially for fixes and simple speedups and comments. If you have a new feature idea that won't clutter the syntax, then feel free to email me and I'll give you my honest opinion. ;) If things work out, I'd totally be willing to give a conservative (in coding, not politics) person access to the repository. Though, it can always be taken away. ;) Funny story in this bloated email... one of the people I know in core was laughing about the emails they get from DHH whenever they commit something he doesn't like. They tend to just have a subject line that is a frowny-face and no body. Hilarious, eh? Alright... GET TO WORK, MINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!! Muwahahahah! Mayor of the Hamlites, Hampton. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Haml" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/haml?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
