On 11.05.2014, at 17:45, zyx <z...@litepdf.cz> wrote: >> I wonder if it would perhaps be better to move the entire project >> (under Dominik's ownership) to Github (or something like Github) >> instead, so people could send pull requests instead of patches on a >> mailing list - less chance of good patches getting lost in a sea of >> mail messages. Thoughts? > > My personal opinion is to not do that. Every project needs some sort of > management, if you open it for anyone to commit anything to it, then it > may diverge the project in a direction which will not work "to everyone > interested". But that's only my personal opinion.
Sorry, I should have clarified - not everyone would be given commit privileges. People can fork their own copy of the PoDoFo source code and make modifications on their fork - much like they can now, only with better support for reintegration and merging. How pull requests work is that people who have made changes on their fork can send the owner of the main branch a request to integrate their changes. The owner (or committers) sees a list of these pull requests and can merge the ones they like into the master branch with the click of a button, if they so desire. There's also associated discussion, so if a pull request has errors or doesn't meet quality guidelines, you can let the sender know about that. Here's a pretty short guide as to how this works: https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests Basically, it would mean less manual labour for Dom and you, since patches which come in the form of pull requests would be much easier to integrate than they are now. Cheers, Alex ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? Join Perforce May 7 to find out: • 3 signs your SCM is hindering your productivity • Requirements for releasing software faster • Expert tips and advice for migrating your SCM now http://p.sf.net/sfu/perforce _______________________________________________ Podofo-users mailing list Podofo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/podofo-users
