> Hi, > > (moving this to -devel) > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 09:21:03PM +0300, Samuli Seppänen wrote: >> I think we should keep the pull requests enabled. Even if we don't merge >> the changes directly, they are a fairly lightweight way to contribute. >> If somebody sends a useful pull request (like here) we can always as >> him/her to send a patch to the mailing list. I think that's better than >> discouraging potential contributors with seemingly heavy bureaucracy. > Is "offering potential contributors something that looks good but will > be fully ignored" encouraging? I doubt it. > > We've had questions on #openvpn-devel about pull request 7, which was the > first time (on request *7*) that anyone was taking note that we offer > pull requests at all - so there's 7 pull requests out there that are ignored. > > The official way to get patches reviewed is "send to openvpn-devel list", > and we shouldn't add alternatives - we already do not have enough manpower > to make sure patches on the list are handled in time, so let's not fragment > where we have to look at. > > gert > Well, we don't have the manpower to look at Trac bug reporting, and we still don't disable bug reporting, do we? :)
Anyways, I can keep an eye on the pull requests and if something interesting pops up, I can forward those people to openvpn-devel. Or, if we really want to disable pull requests, we should monitor the OpenVPN forks in GitHub for something interesting, and encourage people to push their stuff to main development line. -- Samuli Seppänen Community Manager OpenVPN Technologies, Inc irc freenode net: mattock
