On Jan 20, 2013, at 7:11 PM, Andy Fingerhut wrote: > 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.
The page above was renamed to be shorter. The new link is http://dev.clojure.org/display/design/Contributing+FAQ 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
