Re: best practices for contributors

Posted by Si Chen-2 on
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/best-practices-for-contributors-tp168876p168882.html

Ok here it is---

http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Contributors+Best+Practices

I added a lot of details about how to make patch files, since I just  
remembered some of the patch files we get are not quite "right."

Si


On Jun 27, 2006, at 1:05 PM, David E. Jones wrote:

>
> Yeah, that's a good way of putting it... Some things are certainly  
> more mainstream in OFBiz than others and so have more community  
> momentum behind them, and that is really what constitutes "support"  
> in a community driven project like OFBiz.
>
> If no one cares about it then it tends to stagnate. If people are  
> using it an working on it, even incrementally here and there with  
> small improvements, it thrives and is easier for people to use.
>
> -David
>
>
> BJ Freeman wrote:
>> ROTFLOL
>> my dad use to say everybody is equal just some more than others.
>> same with support.
>> for what support there is, there is less for contributions.
>> LOL.
>> David E. Jones sent the following on 6/27/2006 12:51 PM:
>>>
>>>
>>> BJ Freeman wrote:
>>>> I agree, with the Jira in place, that is the default commit for  
>>>> contributors.
>>>> More what I was saying was there would be a place for the  
>>>> contributors code to be that could be accessed, but not thru the  
>>>> official code section.
>>>> so the code in Specialized would be moved to the contributors  
>>>> section.
>>>> it can be accessed by anyone with the understanding that there  
>>>> is no support for it.
>>>
>>> Is there "support" for anything...? ;)
>>>