Re: please add patches to the tracker if they're getting lost
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Marek Klein ma...@gregoriana.sk wrote: Hi Graham, I would like to ask for some advices concerning tracking of patches: 1. Is there an easy way to find out if some patch was pushed? When I apply a patch, I try to always reply to the same forum that I saw it (either the public mailing, or privately (in which case you wouldn't see it anyway)) and say: Thanks, pushed / committed / whatever. I think that most developers to the same thing, but there's no guarantee of that... of course, there's no guarantee that *I* always remember, either. OTOH, if I've forgotten to reply with a thanks, applied, then I wouldn't blame you in the slightest for adding a reminder about the patch to the issue tracker. So how's this: whenever you see an email about a patch, on any mailing list, you start keeping track of it. If you don't see a reply (to the same mailing list) saying thanks, applied, or an email from the author saying ok, I'll need to rewrite this; I'll get back to you (or something like this), add it to the issue tracker. It's not a problem to clear an opened issue about a patch that was committed without informing the mailing list; I'd /much/ rather have a few extra issue numbers being used up rather than losing a patch. 2. I guess there are some developers who's patches I don't need to follow, because they can push patches themselves. Is there a list of them? No -- if somebody posts a public patch, keep track of it and add it to the tracker if there's need no activity for a few days. (what did we say... 3 days of no activity?) Even if it's Han-Wen. (actually, *especially* if it's Han-Wen, since he patch would probably be something very insightful and useful, so we don't want to lose it. :) 3. should I track documentation patches as well? Yes please. Most of those come to me privately, but please track any that you see. Cheers, - Graham ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Re: please add patches to the tracker if they're getting lost
Hi Graham, I would like to ask for some advices concerning tracking of patches: 1. Is there an easy way to find out if some patch was pushed? 2. I guess there are some developers who's patches I don't need to follow, because they can push patches themselves. Is there a list of them? 3. should I track documentation patches as well? Marek 2010/4/28 Marek Klein ma...@gregoriana.sk Hi Graham, 2010/4/28 Graham Percival gra...@percival-music.ca A few months ago, Marek voluteered to record patches. The guideline is that if there was no activity for 3 days, he'd add it to the tracker. Marek, are you still willing to do this? Yes, I am. It is not clear enough in every case and I was quite busy last two months, but it should be better again. If someone sees some delay, please drop me a line, if you don't like to make tracker item by yourself. Marek ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
please add patches to the tracker if they're getting lost
If a patch is not being actively discussed, please add it to the tracker. My memory is becoming increasingly faulty; I made the last two releases with waiting for patches that I told myself I should wait for (David's lilypond-book patch, and... I can't remember the other one). A few months ago, Marek voluteered to record patches. The guideline is that if there was no activity for 3 days, he'd add it to the tracker. Marek, are you still willing to do this? If you're the author of a patch and it's been 4 or 5 days since any discussion, please add it to the tracker yourself. Sorry for the inconvenience, but as you know, lilypond is a volunteer project, and certain key project members (like me) are becoming totally scatterbrained. We just have to make do with what we have. If you'd rather not wait and simply make a new tracker item for any patch, that's also fine by me. Issue numbers are cheap; I'd gladly have 1000 wasted numbers if that makes contributors feel better. I'll look at the list of items with a patch label on the tracker before making a release. I won't always delay the release, but at least I'll be making an informed decision about what patches I'm missing, and I'll send a reminder to -devel about those. Cheers, - Graham ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Re: please add patches to the tracker if they're getting lost
Hi Graham, 2010/4/28 Graham Percival gra...@percival-music.ca A few months ago, Marek voluteered to record patches. The guideline is that if there was no activity for 3 days, he'd add it to the tracker. Marek, are you still willing to do this? Yes, I am. It is not clear enough in every case and I was quite busy last two months, but it should be better again. If someone sees some delay, please drop me a line, if you don't like to make tracker item by yourself. Marek ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
