Many large open source projects have committers for specific platforms, or particular sections of the code. I would think that Windows support and autoconfigury would be good candidates for delegation. One guy can't do it all.
--- Brodie Thiesfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Your contributions are greatly appreciated. Please do not let > > anything I say or do discourage you from contributing again to > > either SQLite or other open source projects. User contributions > > are very important to open source projects like SQLite and I want > > to encourage them. But you also need to understand that there is > > no guarantee that a patch will be accepted. With SQLite in > > particular, with me in the drivers seat, it is very very difficult > > to get a patch accepted into the core. It has been done, but it > > does not happen very often. Usually, if I implement a suggested > > feature at all, I merely use the patch as a guideline to implement > > my own changes. Do not let this discourage you. Your patch has > > been recorded in the bug tracking system, and I have studied it > > closely. It will be likely used as a reference someday. Just > > not today. > > Having these comments added to the bug system would be useful to start > with. You have your reasons for ignoring the bug, but with no movement > at all it is frustrating to have to continually patch the source just to > get it to build on Windows. Especially when it is so simple to get it to > work. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
