Alec can correct me if I am off base, but this would probably best be left until after the workflow code makes it into trunk. Its a pretty major rewrite of the ticket system, and I think that fields will then be modular (meaning this patch could be a plugin instead).
--Noah On Oct 24, 2006, at 10:40 AM, Ilias Lazaridis wrote: > > *Situation* > > Although I try to keep changes small (and thus easily > discussable/verifiable), I have some difficulties to get patches into > trunk. > > An example is this tiny patch, which adds 2 missing fields > (essentially > a defect) into the ticket/api.py: > > http://trac.edgewall.org/attachment/ticket/3990/ > TicketQueryMacroAddTimestampFields.diff > > and which was finally moved to an dedicated ticket for simplification > reasons: > > http://trac.edgewall.org/attachment/ticket/4019 > > Of course I understand that changes (patches) have to be verified > prior > to going into trunk, and that commiters have other subsystems and > tasks > in their mind, making it difficult to verify the patches with full > attention. > > So, It seems that synchronizing a development effort based on patches > is not that easy (technically, organizational - this is _not_ a > criticism to the trac team). > > - > > *possibility* > > Possibly a more effective way would be to create a branch, which could > be used for further tasks (like Query Module Refactoring), too. > > Following the naming-scheme of the project, the location would be > here: > > http://trac.edgewall.org/browser/sandbox/query > > *request* > > So, my question to the team is: > > Can I have a "query" branch, on which I continue the current task, > thus > changes can be verified more easily and merged to trunk in one chunk? > > Within this branch, I would initially continue this task: > > http://dev.lazaridis.com/base/wiki/PlanTicketQueryMacro > > and later some more work on the query system. > > This way, patches that I provide could get applied by committers (no > need for immediate verification, as it's a sandbox). > > Commit access for me (to this sandbox location) could simplify things > even more. > > . > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Trac Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/trac-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
