I entirely agree. I had the functions coded because I needed them for my own project. I never intended to do the other 85% of the work required to make them a supported part of SQLite.
drh wrote: > > Mikey C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I sent the source code to DRH with the extra functions. I don't myself >> have >> the time now to incorporate the extra functions into SQLite. >> > > Writing code a chunk of code is only a small fraction of > the work needed to support the code in a maintained product > such as SQLite. Writing the code is, in fact, the easy > part. After the code is written, somebody then has to > develop regression tests that provide near 100% code > coverage. The code has to be documented. Then it has > to be maintained for years. By my estimate, writing code > is perhaps 15% of the total work. > > The code for the extra functions was submitted to me with > the promise that the author would provide no help in completing > the work of integration. In other words, the author did > about 15% of the work and left the other 85% to me. Such > a submission is often referred to as a "drive by patch". > > I'm happy to have help on SQLite. But if you contribute > code, you should finish the job. That means providing test > cases that give 100% code coverage, documentation, and being > available to support your code for years in the future. > If you write a bunch of code and toss it over the wall, > then please do not be disappointed if nobody picks it up. > > -- > D. Richard Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Extra-functions---New-Project--tf1674436.html#a6956723 Sent from the SQLite mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
