Dr J A Gow wrote: > How to capture these 'lost' contributions is a difficult issue. Maybe a > centralized repository for patches could be maintained separate from the main > Wine tree and with a very loose method of acceptance (maybe just ensure that > it > is clearly indicated what the patch is for and what version it can be applied > to). This way it would be very easy for a contributor to place a patch > somewhere > where it is easily accessed by the community. A developer with more time who > is > interested in it may pick it up and clean it up for inclusion in the tree, but > at least the patch is available for others to use, saving re-invention of the > wheel. > Why reinvent the wheel? If such people can spend their time chasing down the problem and developing a fix for it, they sure can open a bug in bugzilla, describe theproblem and attach a patch they made. How more simple can it be?
No patches lost, no extra places to look for. And all the information describing the problem. Everything in one place. Vitaliy
