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Re: Documentation
- To: openldap-technical@openldap.org
- Subject: Re: Documentation
- From: Radovan Semancik <radovan.semancik@evolveum.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 15:01:02 +0200
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On 05/02/2016 01:52 PM, Howard Chu wrote:
Patch submission does not require subscribing to a mailing list.
Submission to the ITS doesn't require an account/signup at all. There
is no such contribution barrier. In contrast, any system that requires
creating an account first is a significant barrier, IME.
Mailing list and github-like submissions are not mutually exclusive.
What I am asking for is an additional method for submitting
contributions. I do not ask to stop the mail-based submission process.
I've used both methods. And I fully accept that preferences may vary.
According to my personal experience github-like method is more
convenient and I perceive it as a (much) lower barrier than mailing a
patch. Huge number of developers already have github accounts, so there
is no additional barrier for these people. I would definitely prefer the
github option if it was available. And obviously I'm not alone. This is
may not be strictly about technicalities. It may be more about the
subjective perception of the contributors. Gavin asked for feedback so I
am providing humble subjective feedback of a potential contributor.
Exactly as requested.
The majority of submitters are "fire and forget" - nobody is checking
back frequently to see what happened to their submission.
True. But if I'm contributing I want to know whether my contribution
made it to the main code base. At the very least. I would like to know
whether I still need to maintain my private fork or whether I can switch
to the primary code base. If the contribution was rejected I would like
to know why it was rejected and what I need to improve for the
contribution to be accepted. Github tracks the contribution process,
allows to discuss the contribution and sends notification mails. Very
convenient.
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Radovan Semancik
Software Architect
evolveum.com