[forum] Suggestion for XFree86

[Michel Dänzer]

On Son, 2003-03-23 at 14:24, Egbert Eich wrote: 
> Michel Dänzer writes:
>  > 
>  > Speaking as someone who has contributed relatively small bits of code
>  > now and then during the last couple of years, I must admit I still have
>  > this funny feeling when submitting a patch to XFree86. As has been
>  > pointed out, it's probably mostly a matter of communication though.
>  > Having to monitor the CVS commit list to know when a patch has been
>  > applied doesn't feel right.
>  > 
> 
> My suggestion would be to discontinue the fixes list and use
> bugzilla for submitting a patch. This way a true communication
> could start on this ticket, the submitter could attach changed
> versions to the same ticket and the state of the ticket could
> be tracked. 
> If the patch was rejected the person rejecting it could post
> a reason.

I think that's a good idea.


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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast