----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Germuska" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 10:56 AM Subject: Contributing Code (RE: Multiple DataSource)
> >I'm a little surprised that this is being ignored. Here I fixed a bug > >listed in "Bug report for Struts" for two months now, and it hasn't gotten > >even as much as a comment. > > What IS the best way to get contributions merged into the project? The best way is to submit bug reports to bugzilla. That way, your request won't get lost. > Similar to Anthony's case, we've come up with at least three patches > to Struts here in my office and done what we thought we should do to > contribute the changes, but haven't seen any responses. It's partly a question of time. None of us are working on Struts as our primary occupation, and we all have "day jobs" to keep us busy. It's also a question of interest and commitment. The committers are most likely going to work on what they want to work on, or what they feel is important for the project. Also, it's not just a case of picking up contributed code and throwing it into CVS. The committers have to stand by the changes they make, and that means making sure the solution is correct and appropriate, and testing it to make sure it works and won't break existing applications. > > In my case, I figured it's just 'cause people hate frames -- hey, I > hate frames -- but today I re-submitted my suggestion for an > <html:frame> tag to Bugzilla. (posted earlier today as Bug 6923; > last time I just posted it to the mailing list which may be why it > got ignored.) > > Another developer here submitted a patch to <logic:iterate> which > adds support for iterating over arrays of primitives (Bug 6553). A > third submitted a patch to <html:form> to support a "forward" > attribute. (I don't think that's made it into Bugzilla yet.) For the iterate issue, you may want to look into using the Early Access of JSTL. I believe the <forEach> tag in there will handle arrays of primitive types. -- Martin Cooper > > If these can get worked into the CVS tree, it will make it much > easier for us to keep up with nightly builds. If there's anything we > should do differently to make it easier for committers to use our > contributions, please let us know. If everyone is just supremely > busy, that's totally understandable -- but it seems like several of > us could use some guidance on how we can best contribute to Struts. > > Thanks, > Joe > > -- > Joe Germuska > Lead Programmer > JGSullivan Interactive, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 312/943-1600 x2488 (v) 312/943-9675 (f) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 312/907-7893 (m) 7183 (nextel private) > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
