On Jan 20, 2013, at 7:49 AM, Anthony Grimes wrote: > > > In closing, I propose the following. If we're going to continuously deny > people things they are accustomed to, instead of treating them like angry > children having tantrums, why don't we get a response from clojure/core and > have it displayed prominently somewhere would-be contributors > can see it? The page should at least explain: > > * Why we use Jira > * Why we only accept Jira patches > * Why contribution processes like those adopted by organizations and > companies like Mozilla are not acceptable
Anthony and others: I've spent some time creating a new page that might be a start at addressing some of these questions, and perhaps could be pointed at when this topic arises again. I don't expect it gives satisfying answers to all of your questions above at this time, but it can be enhanced if desired. http://dev.clojure.org/display/design/Brief+description+of%2C+and+FAQs+about%2C+the+Clojure+contribution+process The best answer I know of for why Clojure only accepts JIRA patches is that Rich Hickey prefers them, as given on a link on that page now, and which I gave earlier in this thread. He says it saves him time compared to github pull requests, for example. If you want to know in detail *why* it saves him time, I don't have an answer for that question. Andy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en