John Marmion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Candice,
>
> We are very anxious to begin and learn the process of putting
> back to Mozilla. After our discussion last week on the IRC, I
> want to suggest the following and ask for your input.
>
> As I said then, we want to ensure two things:
>
> 1. We do not break the build
> 2. We not break any existing functionality
>
> After that:
>
> 3. we want to add LDAP access to the Address Book.
>
> Rather than waiting to put this all back at once. I wish to
> propose that we attempt to put back the re-factored code only
> at first i.e. with no added functionality. This would address
> (1) and (2) above.
>
> This would serve a number of issues. It would ensure that
> we have in place in the tree a hook to hang our new
> added functionality and would also help us to appreciate
> the process. It would also aid in people having confidence
> in our proposed changes.
This strikes me as a good strategy, in that it's generally
significantly easier to review smaller changes than larger ones.
> We would put this code back against LDAP BUG 36557. This initial
> putback would not fix this but would pave the way for a later fix.
> Our timescale for this first putback is within the next 1-2 weeks.
>
> We would wish to aid this process in whatever way that we can.
Ok, how about posting your changes as an attachment to bug 36557 in
patch form?
Dan
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