Re: [evolution-patches] CamelObject with gslice

[Philip Van Hoof <spam pvanhoof be>]

On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 21:41 -0400, Matthew Barnes wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 02:58 +0200, Philip Van Hoof wrote: 
> > My personal aim is to get some work actually done. I'm planning to keep
> > sending what I'm working on and is relevant for evolution in the form of
> > patches to the upstream mailing list so that upstream can pick and
> > decide what they want to do with it.
> 
> Philip,
> 
> Since you and I are working on similar enhancements for Camel and
> Evolution-Data-Server, perhaps it would be more productive to forward
> (or at least CC) relevant patches directly to me.  Then I can
> integrate them into CVS HEAD and get them into Bugzilla in a form that
> the upstream guys are more likely to approve.

Sounds like a very good idea Matthew.

> I can also get the patches into Fedora Rawhide quickly so that they
> get more widespread testing before upstream even sees them.

That would be very nice indeed.

> Patches in this mailing list are just too hard to track.  I think the
> mailing list is best used as a means of calling attention to Bugzilla
> bugs containing patches that need reviewed.

I will do this Matthew. I indeed hope to get as much as possible in HEAD
eventually.

If the mailing list is indeed intended to be a list for ready-for-
production patches only, then maybe we should consider setting up a
second mailing lists for real development and experiments?

Software development in my opinion doesn't work without experimenting,
trying out, making changes etc etc. 


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