>>>> "Jake" == Jake Colman
<colman(a)ppllc.com> writes:
Jake> As I get ready to release the new OO-Browser package (to
Jake> Norbert for pre-release) how do I coordinate that release
Jake> with changes that I may request to lib-src? Specifically,
Jake> I'd like xoobr to be built in lib-src as part of core and
Jake> I'd like to see this included in 21.4. I realize, however,
Jake> that just because I may submit a patch to build xoobr in
Jake> lib-src it does not mean that a new 21.4 patch release will
Jake> be released shortly thereafter.
If you want it in 21.4, then things are easy. Vin Shelton is Lord
Sheriff, Minister of the High and Low Justice. _Nobody_ commits to
21.4 without his permission anyway. Just submit the patches to
xemacs-patches. If you really don't expect to work with 21.5 in the
near future, then you really don't need core commit.
A new file is preferably submitted as a patch against /dev/null, or
(especially if it's the whole patch) as an attachment with a statement
that it's a new file. Make it very clear that it's an attachment;
they can be pretty easy to miss with some MUAs. I guess you need to
add a stanza or so to the Makefile.in.in, and so on. How about
configure requirements?
Jake> If I submit a patch for 21.4 am I obligated to submit the
Jake> same patch to 21.5?
You simply state in the headers that the patch is intended for both
21.4 and 21.5. Preferably you should have tested that it will apply
(for a new file this isn't a problem, of course, and since you'll be
maintainer, presumably 21.4 and 21.5 versions of xoobr will stay in
synch for quite a while). This is stated in somewhat more detail in
your welcome mail, but feel free to ask for further clarification.
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