Hello, I am up for helping out even if I am new to the coding, I can work with someone and help them along.
Thanks, Shawn On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Alan Humpherys <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm game for that. I really want to get back into things and help out. > I'm totally up for it if you just want to throw something my way. > > - Alan > > > > On Apr 23, 2010, at 1:37 PM, Colin Barrett wrote: > > This plan sound good to me. I've moved and my schedule has calmed down >> enough that I can probably squeeze in some time. I'll track down Steve Holt >> and we can knock our brains together. >> >> -Colin >> >> On Apr 23, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Evan Schoenberg, M.D. wrote: >> >> >>> On Apr 22, 2010, at 8:03 AM, Alan Humpherys wrote: >>> >>> I must confess to being a complete novice when it comes to integration >>>> of a new libpurple version into our code base, but seeing the relatively >>>> large numbers of patches which are necessary to fix security and >>>> compatibility issues in our existing version, I wonder if it wouldn't be >>>> better to pull the new version of the library and do both a 1.3.11 and a >>>> 1.4B18 release with it. (Of course, I defer to the experts on the wisdom >>>> of >>>> that path). >>>> >>> >>> Doing a major libpurple version upgrade on the 1.3 branch would be a >>> large undertaking; I definitely don't think it's worth doing. A minimal >>> release with the plucked changes to fix some protocol breakages seems >>> reasonable, and it should easy enough to do. >>> >>> I know that I haven't been active in the project, but have some time >>>> over the next weeks that I can invest. (It would also be great if I had a >>>> more experienced expert to collaborate with.) I really think we need to >>>> push hard and get a completed 1.4 out the door. >>>> >>> >>> I fully agree. What we need is a deadline; 1.4 has languished long >>> enough, and the fact of the matter is that fixing every bug is simply an >>> impossible goal. >>> >>> I propose Thursday, May 13. It's a largely selfish date: I'll have a >>> couple days prior in which I am free to focus on nothing but hacking on >>> Adium, and since I have company in town that weekend (and every other >>> weekend in May) I don't want to release on or immediately before the >>> weekend. >>> >>> Let's ship. The momentum we gain - both for ourselves, seeing a major >>> release finally moving, and from the outside as folks see how much we've >>> accomplished - will make 1.4.1 a much easier goal than 1.4 was. >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> -Evan >>> >> > >
