Unfortunately there's no easy step for the help patch documentation. I'm the
documentation guy, and even I left it out of my 10min estimate.
Miller has replied saying he's 100% busy.
As a process, what do you do during the 11 months out of the year that he isn't
working on Pd?
So let's recap: you've spent 30mins+ on a patch that he most likely will not
accept, for reasons he hasn't stated. Do you see now why this thread is full
of "+1" and "it'd be great if" rather than actual development by capable
developers?
If we're going to be developing within a whim-based environment, I'd much
rather aim my efforts at the version where the busy gatekeeper tends to say
"gee thanks".
Still, do work on a "Tidy Up" if you have excess dev energy. It would be great
to have anything better in Vanilla. If it's better than what's currently in
Pd-l2ork I'll push it there, too.
-Jonathan
On Friday, October 10, 2014 3:53 AM, Chris McCormick <ch...@mccormick.cx> wrote:
On 10/10/14 15:31, Jonathan Wilkes via Pd-list wrote:
> Here is one:
> 1) Don't check the type of the atoms. Just output inside the loop using
> outlet_list That way you don't have to care if there happen to be other
> types of atoms (like gpointers, blobs, etc.)
Good tip, thanks! I took my cue from other Pd objects like "pack" and
"spigot" here and I thought this was closest to what Miller might want.
I may well be wrong though! I guess I'll find out if my trivial patch is
ever looked at.
> To complete it in 10 mins:
> 1) git diff filename.pd > whatever.patch
I use the method suggested on puredata.info which is `git format-patch
HEAD^` and captures all of the changes I have made, but same thing
basically.
Note that a git format-patch also includes git meta information meaning
when Miller merges it it goes in as if it was a commit to his branch
made by you.
You didn't have the step in here for updating the help patch.
> 2) submitting patch to tracker == emailing Miller and list (if not then
> you must have left something out of your general outline of free
> software dev process)
This is part of my point. In the past when I have just submitted a patch
to the tracker it often doesn't get noticed. Hans gave me a tip that if
I email Miller directly with the patch and ask his opinion etc. I am
much more likely to get it looked at. This turned out to be true, which
is why I include that step separately in what I wrote.
Puredata.info seems to be down right now but once it is back up I will
add my preaching points to whatever wiki they best belong in.
Cheers,
Chris.
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