Shane Nifong writes:
> I am new to open source so forgive me. How do I know if someone is
> working on (or in) the sections that I want to work on? Where I work
> we can look into our source management tool and see who is working on
> which files. Also, if that person is changing or updating files they
> check them out and lock them. In this HUGE open source project how do
> we keep from "stepping" on each others toes?
> Shane
>
Welcome!
There is no sure way of knowing whether another person is working in
your area of interest. There are chances to make that probability lower
by looking at recent discussions, by being present on the wine-devel
list and perhaps be somehow announcing your intent.
But as history has shown, there have been only rare occasions, where
people "stepped on each others feet", and even that may be a good
thing when people then join their ideas and find better solutions then
they would have found on their own.
As has been discussed before, only Alexandre has write access to the
CVS tree. He applies patches or rejects or delays them silenty or
sometimes after a short notice.
Bye
Uwe Bonnes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Institut fuer Kernphysik Schlossgartenstrasse 9 64289 Darmstadt
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