Am Mittwoch, 21. Januar 2015 20:57:26 UTC+1 schrieb Christian Brabandt: > Hi Tim! > > On Mi, 21 Jan 2015, Tim Lebedkov wrote: > > > I did, but everything I hear is that the changes will be merged maybe > > in 2016 (and maybe not). > > I can understand, that this is frustrating and I have felt the same, > when I noticed, that some of my patches are still in the todo list (and > get there buried...) > > > What is your opinion as an active Vim developer? Are you OK with > > current state of the development model or do you think it should be > > changed (for example to be more like the Linux one)? > > That would be nice, but is not the way it is. As such I try to help and > fix problems as soon as I note so that it will be easier for Bram to > merge. > > In your case, I would probably maintain the installer separately, if > this is possible. Be active, show support, fix problems, be gentle so > that it is easier to gain confidence that you really like to help. > > It has happened that people tried to push their patches, and once they > were included they vanished and bugs were introduced that had to be > fixed by Bram. So until you patch gets merged announce that you will > publish your change e.g. at a certain github project were people can get > compiled binaries that they can try out. > > Try to get in contact with other people that provide binaries for > windows like Steve Hall, or the tuxman > (https://tuxproject.de/projects/vim/) or the guys behind > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_use/l8TY2EiXNwk to see, if > you all can contribute to improve the current state. > > > > BTW: What kind of 1000 lines code change you are talking about? > > > > If my changes will be merged with speed of 20 lines every 2 years, it would > > take 100 years to merge 1000 lines. > > Do you have that many changes, that you'd like to contribute? > > Best, > Christian > -- > Steigt Rauch aus meinem Tower, werd' ich lieber Bauer.
Hello Christian, I'd like to try in the default repository first. I have plans for 1000 lines. I'd rather not spend my time on patches that will never be merged. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
