Re: Knights Patches

Hallo Dave,

On Dienstag, 5. April 2022 18:20:21 CEST Dave Kaye wrote:
> I have placed two patches for the KDE game program Knights on the KDE bu=
g
> website.
> The first is for bug 430403 - bug or feature in castling.  This bug allo=
ws a
> captured rook to still be allowed to castle, using the opponent's captur=
ing
> piece as if it were the rook.
> The second is for bug 447665 - xboard communication protocol error for p=
awn
> promotion.  This bug places an errant =3D sign in the move string which =
is
> not allowed in the xboard protocol.
> Both patches are only a couple of lines long.
> I do not have access to GIT, so am unable to use the requested patch
> submission procedures.  The developer appears to have been relegated to
> community development, so I cannot send the patches to a person.  If
> someone who is a KDE games developer in this area would look at the patc=
hes
> I would appreciate it.
I saw your new bug reports. Thank you. I'll get to them soon, busy right n=
ow
with another project... I'll review/validate your patches and submit them =
this
week.


> Second, I do have web access to the git repositories.  I have been able =
to
> submit patches to other programs on GitHub utilizing it's clone/individu=
al
> file upload web interface.  The KDE developer documentation appears to s=
how
> some web capabilities for cloning in GitLab, but git must be used to
> actually submit patched files.  Without creating user accounts and clone=
s
> going nowhere, would someone please tell me if the KDE GitLab site will
> allow web file upload similar to GitHub or is it tied to git.
I'm not sure this file upload is possible. But, it is possible in gitlab t=
o
modify the source code directly in the web ide - https://docs.gitlab.com/e=
e/
user/project/web_ide/index.html. So, you clone the repository, modify the
file(s) in the web ide, create a commit from there and then place a merge
request. Everything should be possible in the browser end-to-end without
touching git. To works with KDE's gitlab instance you'll need a KDE Identi=
ty
account as described on https://community.kde.org/Infrastructure/GitLab.

Best Regards,
Alexander