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From: csgr@cs.ru.ac.za (Geoff Rehmet)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: I hope this won't ignite a major flame war, but I've got to know!
Date: 21 Jul 1994 15:39:17 GMT
Organization: Rhodes University Computing Services
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In <1994Jul20.150208.23766@cs.cornell.edu> mdw@cs.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh) writes:
>In article <SJA.94Jul20171747@gamma.hut.fi> sja@snakemail.hut.fi (Sakari Jalovaara) writes:
>>I found a bug in a program.
>>I fixed it.
>What about adding new code, features, or applications?
[...]
>Certainly. I'm less concerned about the work that the Core Team does
>(which is wonderful, I'm sure), but to what degree the user community
>can contribute.
If you have a favourite device driver which you have written, or have
ported some cute application, or written an app of your own, you can
put it in the incoming directory of one of the ftp sites, and then let
everyone know it is there (via the mailing lists or UseNet).
Then, as people find it useful, and you consistently prod your
favourite core team member (or other person with CVS commit priveleges)
you will find that it will probably get committed to the tree.
Remember of course that people with commit privs are going to want to
check over all the stuff they commit, as they take responsibility for
any code they commit -- they tend to act as lightning rods ;-)
(You tend to get shouted at rather loudly, and have your health and
life threatened if you commit bad code, or do something silly with
CVS ;-)
Sometimes code is committed within 24 hours of it being made available.
This of course may depend on how useful it is considered to be and
whether or not it is a FRI (frequently requested item).
If you have anything that a lot of people are interested in having,
there is a good chance that it will be committed if the code is good.
(I don't think there are too many obstacles in the way of new items
being contributed, although there might sometimes be some debate as to
whether they are needed or not.)
Geoff.
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