On 14 May 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: >> > This is all very well, but i sent patches to [EMAIL PROTECTED] nearly 3 weeks >> > ago and i've had nothing back apart from an automatic response! does *ANYONE* >> > read it? >> >> There is another list for registered developers to submit patches, >> and the turn around can be as bad as that, although I would usually >> expect to see my changes in CVS within 2 weeks. > >You're lucky. Now that Red Hat 7.3 ships 4.2, I get private mail about a >problem in the r128 and radeon drivers for which I submitted a fix >(#5199) on March 9th, without any response yet...
Bummer, I didn't see that fix, and so didn't apply it to our package. I've just applied it to my development build however. If this was on a public bugzilla tracker on XFree86.org for example, there's more likelyhood of more widespread testing/feedback occuring, as well as those interested in the specific bug being able to opt-in on receiving updates to that bug report, including good/bad feedback from those who have tested it and confirmed it to work, or found it to not work. Distribution maintainers querying for bug reports, could find the issue, the patch, the collaborative bug tracking details from people who have tried the fix, and can communicate among those affected, and other developers working on the issue more readily. As it is now, to find it, you have to be an XFree86.org member, and read every incoming email, hoping not to misplace one, and/or exercise your MUA search feature to hopefully find fixes submitted by others. No multi-way communication mechanism is really present or easily possible. >> There are about a handful of people who see these patches, >> I'm not sure that any of them are paid to work on XFree86, >> so you are asking a volounteer developer to spend time >> understanding someone else's patch (including the issues involved) >> and then do the boring administrative stuff of integrating it. >> >> I think code cutting is fun, but I wouldn't enjoy integrating patches. > >There are certainly more interesting things, but I'd be willing to do a >share if I get a chance. As would I as time permits. I think the number of "I would too's" present would be large enough to make it quite beneficial to the project overall. -- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
