Re: Pardon me for being the n00b here...

On Mon, 15 Oct 2001, Mark C . Langston wrote:

> I think the rash of multi-version patches is really more an issue of
> confusion at this point than anything else.  As such, it's manageable
> through communication.

Agreed. Perhaps those in the know could write up a "SliMP3 Developer
HOWTO" for new folks getting involved. It's a bit much to assume that
every new recruit is going to go through the entire archive to figure out
what to do to submit changes properly.

Non-exhaustive list of items to include:

1) How to grab the source:

	cvs -d:pserver:anonymous-d6Wnq0YjlhfDbRF6Jby/[email protected]:/cvsroot/slimp3 login
	cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous-d6Wnq0YjlhfDbRF6Jby/[email protected]:/cvsroot/slimp3 co slimp3

2) How to see what needs doing:

	Visit http://sourceforge.net/projects/slimp3/ and check the
bugs/features list.
	Add something to the list if you so desire. Indicate your
willingness to work on it.

3) While your working on your changes, be sure to update your source
often, especially just before generating your diff.
	cvs update (help here please)

4) After you've made you changes, how to submit them.

	cvf diff -upB (did I get that right?)
	Mail the diff output to [email protected]
	Someone will review what you sent and merge it into CVS.


I'm also in agreement about the stable vs. current branches. Since I don't
yet have a SliMP3 in my posession, I'm inclined to run around fixing up
little problems and usability issues rather than blast away on features
that I can't test.  Let's make use of the sourceforge tools and decide
what features to have in a release, get the features into the "current"
branch (we call it main/latest at work), and then branch it off to fix the
bugs without adding any more feature code. Development can continue on the
main branch while the release is brought up to snuff.

The yahoo groups are great for being an email list as well, but if we
aren't going to use the sourceforge forums, we might want to put a link in
to the yahoo groups so people can get at everything from one spot.

--
Amos Hayes
[email protected]


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