From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Samer Masterson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] What's the quickest way to contribute? Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 11:04:41 -0800 Message-ID: References: <83mw5t5cs7.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c174b09d7bcc050c28b74c X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1420743939 23634 80.91.229.3 (8 Jan 2015 19:05:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 19:05:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Oleh Krehel , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 08 20:05:30 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Y9ION-0003nQ-5r for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Jan 2015 20:05:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47812 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y9IOM-0005h1-9a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Jan 2015 14:05:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60500) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y9IOH-0005bY-UR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jan 2015 14:05:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y9IOG-0007qd-Pd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Jan 2015 14:05:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qc0-x236.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c01::236]:54772) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y9IOF-0007nI-7C; Thu, 08 Jan 2015 14:05:03 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-qc0-f182.google.com with SMTP id r5so3919316qcx.13; Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:05:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=0RuAYyN7m9C26UgookwVLZjkYp5/4IQjiYqmOW7gU9E=; b=xy0OvTkGazj6G6l6TEWFt6dm73jzPm++fj7DUxZ3LjrdC04arS6PNGwqb7SyIn6xmz b5etwvzG09jdx7VfB2A1/l1DvSQvFZn+5eXxpSmWatqjj4aLekWRF1ihBSxDKsa8Afcq EhV3n/N9dJ5GpPvW1sbRL45LbAkX34KvDEvj34CwM/9mDxzJJ4vIzh9qtFF3VAVCp9la hDGCwgYu2yoOJzG1E2ktzOcdpuWiLeqavF4XT+Vc9oOZuyplPfRhICF/ZhjjCvfSoDfN hkYBFsefWelk985rrU8YmL/wVPisPY503QhUYGgGlBjqtwPv0gnf8j9v5CtiETeh4nY3 wVYg== X-Received: by 10.140.95.71 with SMTP id h65mr2461955qge.92.1420743902327; Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:05:02 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.140.82.81 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Jan 2015 11:04:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <83mw5t5cs7.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c01::236 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:181075 Archived-At: --001a11c174b09d7bcc050c28b74c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On the topic of new developers, does anybody know how long the copyright assignment process is supposed to take? I signed the copyright assignment papers three weeks ago, and I have a couple patches sitting in debbugs that are waiting for my copyright assignment to be fully processed. And it took me a week to receive the copyright assignment form after I sent my application, which means that I've waited an entire month for my patch to be accepted into Emacs. I know encouraging new developers has been a popular topic on the list for the past couple months. But we probably shouldn't get ahead of ourselves if it takes weeks for a new contributor to get anything merged in :) Best, Samer On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 18:59:09 +0100 > > From: Oleh Krehel > > > > I like Emacs a lot and I'd like to contribute to the development. I > > have assigned the FSF Copyright and made some small contributions in > > the past, but so far my contributions have been moving slower than > > molasses. > > Thanks for your contributions, and sorry for being so slow in reacting > on them. > > > A few questions/ possible answers follow on why this is: > > > > 1. My patches / bug reports are lame. Then I'd appreciate at least > > some feedback pointing out the faults. I learn quickly. > > > > 2. I'm submitting to the wrong place, e.g. to the bug tracker instead > > of the devel list or vice versa. I'd like to know the proper and > > approved way to do this. > > > > 3. My patches / bug reports are low priority and are not worth > > applying / responding to. Then please let me know the priority areas > > in which contributions are more actively accepted. > > > > 4. The devs are swamped with bug reports and I should just wait a few > > months more until my turn. > > I wouldn't say "swamped", but definitely busy. So: > > 5. Please ping after a week that you didn't see any replies for your > report, and keep pinging until things move. > > > I could then help with the review of other people's one-liners. > > Please do, and thanks in advance. > > --001a11c174b09d7bcc050c28b74c Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On the topic of new developers, does anybody know how= long the copyright assignment process is supposed to take? I signed the co= pyright assignment papers three weeks ago, and I have a couple patches=C2= =A0
sitting in debbugs that are waiting for my copyright assignme= nt to be fully processed. And it took me a week to receive the copyright as= signment form after I sent my application, which means that I've waited= an entire month for my patch to be accepted into Emacs.

I know encouraging new developers has been a popular topic on the li= st for the past couple months. But we probably shouldn't get ahead of o= urselves if it takes weeks for a new contributor to get anything merged in = :)

Bes= t,
Samer
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Eli Zar= etskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
&g= t; Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 18:59:09 +0100
> From: Oleh Krehel <o.krehel@tue.= nl>
>
> I like Emacs a lot and I'd like to contribute to the development.= =C2=A0 I
> have assigned the FSF Copyright and made some small contributions in > the past, but so far my contributions have been moving slower than
> molasses.

Thanks for your contributions, and sorry for being so slow in reacti= ng
on them.

> A few questions/ possible answers follow on why this is:
>
> 1. My patches / bug reports are lame. Then I'd appreciate at least=
> some feedback pointing out the faults. I learn quickly.
>
> 2. I'm submitting to the wrong place, e.g. to the bug tracker inst= ead
> of the devel list or vice versa. I'd like to know the proper and > approved way to do this.
>
> 3. My patches / bug reports are low priority and are not worth
> applying / responding to. Then please let me know the priority areas > in which contributions are more actively accepted.
>
> 4. The devs are swamped with bug reports and I should just wait a few<= br> > months more until my turn.

I wouldn't say "swamped", but definitely busy.=C2=A0 S= o:

5. Please ping after a week that you didn't see any replies for your report, and keep pinging until things move.

> I could then help with the review of other people's one-liners.
Please do, and thanks in advance.


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