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

[Robert Dzikowski]

I put you on spam list troll.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Ryan McDougall<sempuki1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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