On 8/10/20 3:49 AM, racoon wrote: > On 2020-08-10 09:19, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> On 8/10/20 12:23 AM, Daniel wrote: >>> On 2020-08-09 19:41, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >>>> On 8/9/20 1:04 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >>>>> On 8/9/20 5:45 AM, Daniel wrote: >>>>>> I have produced a number of (unsolicited) patches. I will stop doing >>>>>> so for now until some of them are either rejected or commited to >>>>>> master. Otherwise, I fear that I will have to redo them (partly), >>>>>> like >>>>>> this one https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10328, or inconsistencies >>>>>> with further patches. >>>>> That is pretty normal. If you use git branches, then you won't have >>>>> that >>>>> much work to do. >>> >>> I am already doing that. But if a patch does not apply to master, then >>> I am stuck with re-making it. I guess I need to learn how to partly >>> apply a patch and such. Also, it does not help when improving a new >>> feature if the feature might not be accepted. >> >> You don't have to remake the whole thing, just fix the places where you >> get conflicts. I.e., something like: >> >> git checkout -b mybranch >> >> ...do lots of work... >> >> ...wait a while until things have changed... >> >> git rebase master >> >> # now we get conflicts and we fix them. > > I'll try that. > >>>> PS Some of these are not your patches. You might want to unassign >>>> yourself. >>> >>> I don't think I have assigned any of those to me. Should I? >> >> If you have posted a patch, then you probably should assign yourself. >> Then you can more easily keep track of which patches are yours and which >> aren't. (I.e., you search for bugs for which you are assigned, not just >> the ones that you own.) Let me know if you have issues with that. I can >> fix whatever permissions need to be fixed. > > If I assign myself to a ticket, then the person being assigned by > default is removed, right? So, that would mean that I am the only one > who gets updates when I change something.
No, it just means "I'm working on it". You get updates and so does everyone else cc'd. IF the original owner isn't cc'd, you might want to add them. > How should I then make people > aware that I have a patch that might be in their area of expertise? Cc > the person who was assigned by default? Post it on the list? Both? Both. Probably: post it to trac and send an email to the list. >> https://photos.app.goo.gl/i7EMuKwVoggpoHru9 > > Is that a very small cat or a very big screen? :) Both. 72 inch screen, 4-5 month old kitten. She loves soccer and baseball. Riki -- lyx-devel mailing list lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-devel
