Re: Patches

[Ali Akcaagac <ali akcaagac stud fh-wilhelmshaven de>]

On 2001.07.15 03:06:22 +0200 M . Thielker wrote:
> While I have made numerous patches in those past few days, none of them have
> made it into CVS. I get the impression that all the patches I make that
> change the UI aren't even considered for inclusion.

hi,

well i think the reason why they didn't went in right now is because people
that have access to the CVS server haven't much time because of their private
other work they do but i can't speak for them.

i personally like your patches, sometimes little confusing to apply always
did fine after some explaination. i preferabely like the new toolbar prefs,
since i can get so much out of it

> I am seriously starting to wonder if I should continue making them or just
> save myself the worry and disappointment by keeping them to myself.

i saw a lot of patches posted on the mailinglist the past weeks some got
slowly applied to the CVS branch already.

> It is my goal to make Balsa into a full featured email program, that can be
> used in day-to-day work by just about anyone. But if all my work does not
> even have a chance to get into the project, I might just as well make all
> the patches I need for myself and keep them to myself, too.
> It has never been a GoodThing to have too many patches floating around,
> maybe even patches that are incompatible to each other, it's a sure way to
> kill a project.

yeah too many patches floating around are kinda *uncontrolable* i really
suggest they give you CVS access, so you can commit patches of your own,
i for my side have no problem with that. since i see myself that balsa
development goes on totally *slow* compared to other gnome projects. to
say 'kinda different'.

> I don't want that. The goal cannot be that everyone has her
> personal Balsa, patched to fit. There should be one Balsa, and I think it
> can profit from my work. But if my patches are not wanted, I won't post them
> anymore.

maybe you gonna ask 'pavlov' on irc.gnome.org #gnome dont know if he is around
really often but he is the old original programmer of balsa and afaik he is the
person who you need to talk too.

http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/balsa-list

you find his email address on the bottom of the mailinglist. maybe you ask him
to give you access to the CVS if you tell him the reason. i talked a bit with
pavlov the past week (after we opened #balsa again) he seem to be a friendly
nice person and i think the access to CVS wouldn't be the problem since your
ideas and patches makes sense.

at least you can count on me everytime you need someone to test your patches.

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