On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:05 AM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote: > +1 I like the page. Is it also worth publishing somehow as a blog so > outsiders notice it. > > I think you have a typo near the end "VCS revision". >
Thanks, I fixed that, the typo Don noted and a few other spelling errors I noticed. I agree that this could be a good blog topic. There is quite a bit of misinformation out there. For example, I've seen it written that to contribute to AOO means that you must transfer ownership of the code to teh ASF. Of course, this is not true. You retain the ownership (copyright) and merely agree to license your contribution. Even stranger I've seen some poor confused souls say that if you contribute to Apache you transfer ownership of the code over to Oracle! -Rob > Have a nice day. > rgds > Jan I. > > > On 13 February 2013 15:52, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:47 PM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote: >> > On 12 February 2013 23:19, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> > >> >> We had a thread before Christmas discussing code contributions and >> >> best practices for how someone could contribute code to multiple >> >> projects, e.g., AOO and LO. >> >> >> >> I've written this up, along with more general remarks on contributing >> >> code on a new page: >> >> >> >> http://openoffice.apache.org/contributing-code.html >> >> >> >> Please take a look and let me know of any needed/recommended changes. >> >> >> > Nice page, however I do not like "We're not interested in large >> > code-dumps.", I would prefer if you wrote something like: >> > >> >> OK. I rewrote this section to be more positive: >> >> http://openoffice.apache.org/contributing-code.html >> >> >> Regards, >> >> -Rob >> >> >> >> > "Integrating large code-dumps requires cooperation and cannot be done as >> a >> > simple commit, therefore we urge you to contact us on how we commonly can >> > achieve the best result". >> > >> > When I read the page, it sounds as if we are only interested in small >> code >> > patches, and that cannot be correct. Of course if someone has written a >> > function (maybe 1.000 lines), we are highly interested. If someone has >> > written a complete new module (like a photo editor), then we need to >> talk. >> > >> > As an example my l10n tools are about 1.100 lines which I am sure is >> > something we want (I know I am committer, but see it as an example). >> > >> > rgds >> > Jan I. >> > >> > >> > >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> -Rob >> >> >>
