Great start Josh ... +1 On Jun 1, 2010, at 11:26 AM, Josh Thompson wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > (This message is to everyone in the community. I added [mentors] to the > subject to help our mentors know it is of particular importance for them to > read.) > > After reading "Reg: JIRA issue VCL-202" by Kiran N sent on May 28, I realized > we need some guidelines for contributing large modifications to the project. > This is the general work flow I'd like to see happen for large modifications. > > Please provide comments and suggestions. Everyone's input is welcome (and > desired) -- if you are interested in becoming a committer, this would be a > great place to step up involvement. > > (1) State on the vcl-dev list what modification you'd like to make. Some > background on why the existing codebase doesn't work in your situation would > be useful. Remember, when you modify existing code, it affects work being > done by other contributors, which can result in imposing additional work on > them. > > (2) Propose a plan on the vcl-dev list for making the modification. There > may > be others that want the same modification or something similar that can be > incorporated at the same time. Those people can help develop the > modification. On the other hand, the modification may have a very negative > affect on some other part of the project. Also, this provides an opportunity > for existing contributors (those who know the codebase well) to provide input > on your plan. The plan needs to include how the modification will be > maintained in the future - will you continue to maintain it; will existing > contributors have to pick it up and maintain it? > > (3) Create a JIRA issue to track implementation of the plan and start > developing. This provides a way for others to track work being done on the > modification and ensures information about the modification will be added to > the CHANGELOG when the next release is cut. > > Thanks > Josh > - -- > - ------------------------------- > Josh Thompson > Systems Programmer > Advanced Computing | VCL Developer > North Carolina State University > > josh_thomp...@ncsu.edu > > my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkwFJr0ACgkQV/LQcNdtPQNZqwCfYyeB99JT3vxuBs9+gpn+v5vs > BWYAn2D5HK/Cvo1Kd5CtpEqFpsJBR8bo > =dYgS > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
