[Opensim-dev] Why nobody cares about my patch?

[Ryan McDougall]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Robert Dzikowski<rdzikowski at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Melanie<melanie at t-data.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> a patch that has a cautionary note and also sports an exception
>> dump, wich makes it risky, will normally not go in easily.
>>
> I don't know what are you talking about, my patch doesn't cause those things.
> Exception is thrown on my PC by not modified trunk code (code as it is
> in the repository)
> when OpenSim server starts, but 0.6.5-post-fixes code runs well on my PC
> so there must be sth wrong with the trunk code. That's why I don't
> work on trunk code.
>
>> Also, please do NOT submit patches for post-fixes, any patches that
>> you want to have any chance of going in have to be against trunk always.
>>
> Over a week ago I made a version of my patch for the trunk, but nobody
> cared to check it out.
> And as I wrote in my previous email, if anybody is interested I will
> make updated version of my
> patch for the current revision of the trunk.
>
>> Please make a version against trunk that either has no database
>> changes at all, or implements all changes against both SQLite and
>> MySQL. That is mandatory for your patch to be considered.
>>
> My patch doesn't touches database code. There are only comments in
> SQLiteRegionData.cs - I would like somebody to explain me why OpenSim
> behaves that way. But again there are only comments, you can ignore this file.
>
>> Please ensure it's tested thoroughly, so it won't eat anyone's babies.
>>
> All tests pass on trunk code, with one change in one test in
> BasicRegionTest.cs, I made this change because this test is badly written
> in my opinion.
> Besides, my code works correctly in OpenSim server (0.6.5-post-fixes)
> and in a viewer.
>
>> Also, a presence in IRC can halp your case, as you can talk to
>> committers there and get the reservations cleared up.
>>
> Why should I hang out on IRC if nobody cares about my patches.

Why should the community care about your patches if you can't be
bothered to work with the community?

News flash, no community changes to meet the expectations of incoming
individuals -- it's the other way around.

Get real, having a patch neglected is a fact of life. Either apply it
to trunk cleanly, go into IRC to help a developer apply it cleanly, or
don't bother. Your hurt feelings are affecting my productivity.

Cheers,

>
>> Melanie
>>
> Thanks for your answer,
> robert_d
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