Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Developer Seeking To Help

2002-02-04 Thread Ivan Ristic


 One common way is to create your patches and post them either to the
 php-dev list or as a comment (prefered) in the bug db, and if they are
 useful, the dev team will have a good reason to give you cvs access.
 (Use unified diff format for patches.)

  I have recently updated the FTP extension to include a couple
  of more functions (send raw command and get the raw response
  body), and I would like to send the patch now.

  Is all I need to know available in man patch?

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Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Developer Seeking To Help

2002-02-04 Thread Derick Rethans

On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Ivan Ristic wrote:

   I have recently updated the FTP extension to include a couple
   of more functions (send raw command and get the raw response
   body), and I would like to send the patch now.

   Is all I need to know available in man patch?

diff -u oldfile.c newfile.c

(or if you worked on a CVS check out of the tree):
cvs diff -u filename.c

regards,
Derick


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[PHP-DEV] Re: Developer Seeking To Help

2002-02-03 Thread Manuel Lemos

Hello,

Chris Shiflett wrote:
 I know there are also mundane tasks that need accomplishing, and I
 would be more than willing to help with some of these as well.

Suggestion: have a go at the bug database, talk to the QA team and see
what is most urgent to be fixed. That would be of a great help.

Regards,
Manuel Lemos

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Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Developer Seeking To Help

2002-02-03 Thread Chris Shiflett

On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Manuel Lemos wrote:
Manuel,

Thank you for the suggestion. If you would be so kind, I have a few 
questions.

1) How can I change the status of a bug? For example, I was looking 
through session bugs (since that's most likely where I could contribute 
the easiest) and read a bug #14227. This bug is bogus and is the result of 
the submitter not understanding HTTP and the Set-Cookie header enough. I 
would love to be able to act as a mediater of sorts, so that the bogus 
bugs can be filtered to save developers some time. I can even give 
elaborate explanations in the beginning to make sure people know why it's 
bogus. :)

2) If a bug is legitimate, and I know how to fix it, how do I go about 
doing this? Must I receive permission for a CVS account? How does one gain 
the trust to be able to commit changes?

3) How do I know if someone is working on a bug? If it is open status, 
can I safely assume it's not been investigated by a member of the PHP 
development team?

Thanks for the information.

Chris


 Hello,
 
 Chris Shiflett wrote:
  I know there are also mundane tasks that need accomplishing, and I
  would be more than willing to help with some of these as well.
 
 Suggestion: have a go at the bug database, talk to the QA team and see
 what is most urgent to be fixed. That would be of a great help.
 
 Regards,
 Manuel Lemos
 
 


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Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Developer Seeking To Help

2002-02-03 Thread Lars Torben Wilson

On Sun, 2002-02-03 at 16:29, Chris Shiflett wrote:
 On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Manuel Lemos wrote:
 Manuel,
 
 Thank you for the suggestion. If you would be so kind, I have a few 
 questions.
 
 1) How can I change the status of a bug? For example, I was looking 
 through session bugs (since that's most likely where I could contribute 
 the easiest) and read a bug #14227. This bug is bogus and is the result of 
 the submitter not understanding HTTP and the Set-Cookie header enough. I 
 would love to be able to act as a mediater of sorts, so that the bogus 
 bugs can be filtered to save developers some time. I can even give 
 elaborate explanations in the beginning to make sure people know why it's 
 bogus. :)

You need to either be a developer (i.e. have a cvs account) or be the
original bug poster to modify a bug's status. As a developer, this is
done from the 'Developer' tab in the bug db interface.

 2) If a bug is legitimate, and I know how to fix it, how do I go about 
 doing this? Must I receive permission for a CVS account? How does one gain 
 the trust to be able to commit changes?

One common way is to create your patches and post them either to the
php-dev list or as a comment (prefered) in the bug db, and if they are
useful, the dev team will have a good reason to give you cvs access.
(Use unified diff format for patches.) Alternatively, you could just ask
for a cvs account and hope you get one--if your patches suck, it will
eventually be revoked, I guess. :)
 
 3) How do I know if someone is working on a bug? If it is open status, 
 can I safely assume it's not been investigated by a member of the PHP 
 development team?

If someone is *really* into working on a bug themselves, it will be
'Assigned' in the bug db to that person's account id. If the bug's
status is not 'Assigned' (sometimes 'Analyzed' is used here too) then
you should be able to safely engage the bug in combat.

 Thanks for the information.
 
 Chris

Hope it helps,

Torben
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