I'll throw in a quick second. I'm also interested in contributing if/when possible.
Steve On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 03:14, Jeff Hardy <jdha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > This horse doesn't seem to have been beaten recently, so I thought I'd > bring it up again :). What's the status, if any, on allowing people > outside Microsoft to contribute patches to IronPython? > > I have a few things that I don't think are at the top of the team's > priority list that I'd be more than willing to work on (#17250, > #26044), but I don't have that option right now. I know that the team > has suggested other ways to help out in the past, such as providing > extensions and filing bugs, but building a real OSS community requires > being able to change the code directly. > > I also worry about the bus factor of IronPython; if Dino decides that > growing potatoes on a commune in Vermont would be preferable to > staring at computers all day, what happens to IronPython without a > community to carry it? > > I know it's all tied up with MS Legal and there's probably not much > the IronPython team can do about it, but I'm curious as to what state > things are in. Maybe the licence change is just the tip of the > iceberg? > > - Jeff > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@lists.ironpython.com > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.ironpython.com http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
