On 2011-06-4, at 7:13 PM, Clay Fouts wrote:

> Github makes patch submission very easy. The typical process is to fork the 
> repository, commit your changes to your own fork (often on a topic branch), 
> then submit a pull request to the maintainer of the forked project. The web 
> interface provides simple buttons for forking (e.g. the LK-4.2 fork link is 
> https://github.com/liblime/LibLime-Koha/fork) and issuing pull requests. The 
> maintainer receives notification of the pull request and can then opt to 
> merge the new commits back into the original repository.
> 
> The service offers a nice interface to the whole code management process and 
> provides additional features for discussing patches, providing line-by-line 
> commentary, basic issue tracking, docs wiki, and so on. They offer public 
> repositories for free, so there's a very low barrier to entry for open source 
> developers.
> 
> Internally we have released LK-4.4 and 4.6 into production and are now 
> working on development branch 4.7. These are not publicly accessible, and 
> that makes development of larger features pretty tricky if you're working on 
> the 4.2 release as your base. Anyone interested in creating a more involved 
> feature and ensuring it can be easily ported to future releases should 
> consult us for pointers as there are notable architectural and schema 
> differences.
> 
> Regards,
> Clay
> 


thanks for that Clay, thats great info 

so, do PTFS/Liblime have any plans to submit their client-funded 
features/enhancements back into the Koha codebase... or not?


Mason
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