Hi Jonah,

I tend to update the versions on behalf of the new contributor. Once a
person starts to contribute more, I try to explain the version rules.

Best regards, Lars

Jonah Graham <jo...@kichwacoders.com> schrieb am Sa., 13. Juni 2020, 16:21:

> Hello Platform devs,
>
> I want to solicit some input and experience from you to apply to CDT.
>
> CDT roughly follows the Eclipse Platform versioning rules. This leads
> to contributors who only occasionally contribute having more difficult time
> than I think they should have. This increases the perception that
> contributing to CDT is hard. (e.g. trivial fixes that pass all tests, still
> fails build)
>
> How does the platform team deal with this? Do you require new contributors
> to learn all the rules such as incrementing service segments and require
> the contributor to fix it? Or does an experienced committer simply make a
> comment to educate and then the committer completes the housekeeping fix
> themselves?
>
> Up until now I have generally taken the approach of requiring the
> contributor to do this housekeeping, but it feels unwelcoming.
>
> Thank you for any input on how you have handled this in the past, or if
> you have any official policy on this.
>
> Jonah
>
>
> ~~~
> Jonah Graham
> Kichwa Coders
> www.kichwacoders.com
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