Oleg Broytmann wrote: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:37:23AM +0300, Ilias Lazaridis wrote: >> would this be much effort to add this? > > In the beginning it would. The developer's learning curve is steep 'cause > I am trying not to accept quick'n'direty hacks. You have to learn SQLObject > test suite.
'chirugical' additions can be quick&dirty, they do not interfere with the existent API. e.g. an additional(!) function "evolveTable", clearly marked as "in-development" can be added immediately to a development trunk. > GUIDELINES TO PATCHING > > The quality of patches is determined by the following conditions: > > -- small, clear, non-invasive patches are the best ones; patches that > change public API in an incompatible way cannot be applied to the bugfix > branches; > > -- do not break compatibility, remember, SQLObject is still supports Python > 2.2; SQLObject works with a lot of database backends, with MySQL, > PostgreSQL and SQLite being the three major ones; for example, different > versions of MySQLdb (mysql-python DB API 2 driver) work differently in > relation to unicode, a patch should not make MySQLConnection more > unicode-aware because it breaks other connection classes - SQLObject > currently works only with non-unicode string queries; again, a "development" tagged function can be tested and modified more and more. > -- the quality of code; never do "copy/paste programming" - do code reuse > as much as possible; ok > -- there must be at least a test; the more tests the better; ok, but tests can be provided from interested parties, too (after becoming exited about the provided "development" function addition). > -- documentation is a big plus. again, can be provided incrementally > Oleg. I think it is important to get new functionality into the actual development version. It can be later removed if it cannot be stabelized. If yes, the function (here: evolveTable) is moved to "alpha", "beta" and the "final" status. . -- http://lazaridis.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ sqlobject-discuss mailing list sqlobject-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sqlobject-discuss
