On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, Adam Hardy wrote: > Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 18:41:32 +0200 > From: Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Struts Validator Javascript > > Sgarlata Matt wrote: > > I like the concept of the validator, but personally I don't have a lot of > > confidence in it. > > that's a bit harsh. I think as long as you know what it does and doesn't > do, there's every reason to have confidence in it. It's an excellent > package that will benefit even more when people use it and reports bugs > or vote for existing ones or even submit patches in bugzilla :O > > I sense an opportunity to share something I got from the Ant mailing > list recently (struts gurus feel free to slap me down if the same sort > of thing doesn't apply to struts) : > > > (1) open an enhancement request in bugzilla and attach your patch. If > you just send it to the list it could get lost over time. > > (2) send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] explaining why you think the enhancement is > worth it. >
For us, it is [EMAIL PROTECTED] of course. > (3) send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that the people who share your opinion > can go to the enhancement request and vote for it. > Lobbying on [EMAIL PROTECTED] is perfectly legitimate, too :-). > (4) be persistent. It is often the case that committers have a lot of > time for Ant development in one week and almost none in the next. > This could mean you'll need to redo (2). > Exactly the same overall advice applies here, with only one wrinkle -- Struts relies on a lot of functionality imported from the Jakarta Commons libraries (Validator being one of them), so it might end up being the case that the enhancement request or bug report should really be filed there instead of against Struts. I wouldn't worry overmuch about getting it in the right place, though -- there's lots of committers that are common to both, and will help recategorize bug reports and enhancement requests as needed. One additonal tweak we've been using in Struts is that a bug report or enhancement request that has a patch included (as an enhancement) should have "PatchAvailable" added in the "Keywords" field, to make it easier for committers to find them. Craig McClanahan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
