I'm guessing Danno would like to know how long he should expect to wait for the patches he kindly contributed and linked to in that email to get included. Seems like a fair and reasonable question and one I'd also like to know the answer to.
Perhaps a linked question that I'd also like to know: is anyone actually allocated to any work on the packager at the moment, and if not when are they next going to be? On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Kevin Rushforth < [email protected]> wrote: > > How long is it taking for community patches to get into a build these >> days? >> > > Hi Danno, > > There are two parts to the answer: > > 1) How long does it take for a proposed fix (patch) to be reviewed and > accepted? > > 2) Once your patch is accepted and the changeset is pushed to the repo, > how long before it shows up in an EA build? > > #1 depends on what area it is, what is the scale of the proposed change: > is it a simple bug fix, or a new feature with API or documentation > implications, are there compatibility concerns, how risky is it, etc. > > #2 is typically between 0.5 and 1.5 weeks depending when it is pushed. > > As a reminder (Richard may have recently posted something about this, so > my apologies if this is a duplicate reminder), anyone submitting a patch > must first sign the Oracle Contributor Agreement (OCA) before we can > consider taking it. > > -- Kevin > > > > > Danno Ferrin wrote: > >> Just posted to bugs with patches for some tweaks I'de like to see to the >> packager. >> >> https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/**browse/RT-30792<https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-30792> >> https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/**browse/RT-30793<https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-30793> >> >> The first one is to allow for a comma separated list of enumerated >> packagers, so it's not one or all. >> >> The second one is more relevant, it moves the discovery of the bundlers >> from being hard coded in the class file to loaded off of the >> META-INF/services directory. This allows a bunlder to be added at >> "runtime" when the build is being done. For example, a bundler that would >> bundle RoboVM or APK files provided at runtime rather than having to >> package it's reference into the source code itself. >> >> How long is it taking for community patches to get into a build these >> days? >> >> >
