Re: New page: Contributing Code

2013-03-06 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Andrea Pescetti wrote on Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 10:01:03 +0100: > Rob Weir wrote: >> OK. Feel free to update the language. I think we agree on the facts. >> It is just a matter of making it clear. > > Done at http://openoffice.apache.org/contributing-code.html (first > bullet item). Feel free to r

Re: New page: Contributing Code

2013-03-06 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Rob Weir wrote: OK. Feel free to update the language. I think we agree on the facts. It is just a matter of making it clear. Done at http://openoffice.apache.org/contributing-code.html (first bullet item). Feel free to review/modify again if further clarifications are needed. Regards, An

Re: New page: Contributing Code

2013-03-05 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > Rob Weir wrote: >> >> For example, the page currently says, "The code must be under the >> Apache License 2.0. Any dependencies must also be under that license >> or a similar permissive license." >> This is a fair piece of advise, but we kn

Re: New page: Contributing Code

2013-03-05 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Rob Weir wrote: For example, the page currently says, "The code must be under the Apache License 2.0. Any dependencies must also be under that license or a similar permissive license." This is a fair piece of advise, but we know that the truth is far more complicated. Yes, and I agree that this

Re: New page: Contributing Code

2013-03-05 Thread janI
On 5 March 2013 19:20, Rob Weir wrote: > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Andrea Pescetti > wrote: > > On 13/02/2013 Rob Weir wrote: > >> > >> For example, I've seen it written that to > >> contribute to AOO means that you must transfer ownership of the code > >> to teh ASF. Of course, this is

Re: New page: Contributing Code

2013-03-05 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 13/02/2013 Rob Weir wrote: >> >> For example, I've seen it written that to >> contribute to AOO means that you must transfer ownership of the code >> to teh ASF. Of course, this is not true. You retain the ownership > > > I added a sent

Re: New page: Contributing Code

2013-02-16 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 13/02/2013 Rob Weir wrote: For example, I've seen it written that to contribute to AOO means that you must transfer ownership of the code to teh ASF. Of course, this is not true. You retain the ownership I added a sentence about this to http://openoffice.apache.org/contributing-code.html si

Re: New page: Contributing Code

2013-02-13 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:05 AM, janI wrote: > +1 I like the page. Is it also worth publishing somehow as a blog so > outsiders notice it. > > I think you have a typo near the end "VCS revision". > Thanks, I fixed that, the typo Don noted and a few other spelling errors I noticed. I agree that

Re: New page: Contributing Code

2013-02-13 Thread janI
+1 I like the page. Is it also worth publishing somehow as a blog so outsiders notice it. I think you have a typo near the end "VCS revision". Have a nice day. rgds Jan I. On 13 February 2013 15:52, Rob Weir wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:47 PM, janI wrote: > > On 12 February 2013 23:19,

Re: New page: Contributing Code

2013-02-13 Thread Donald Whytock
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > > OK. I rewrote this section to be more positive: > > http://openoffice.apache.org/contributing-code.html "For larges codebases" -> "For large codebases" Don

Re: New page: Contributing Code

2013-02-13 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:47 PM, janI wrote: > On 12 February 2013 23:19, Rob Weir wrote: > >> We had a thread before Christmas discussing code contributions and >> best practices for how someone could contribute code to multiple >> projects, e.g., AOO and LO. >> >> I've written this up, along wi

Re: New page: Contributing Code

2013-02-12 Thread janI
On 12 February 2013 23:55, Rob Weir wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:47 PM, janI wrote: > > On 12 February 2013 23:19, Rob Weir wrote: > > > >> We had a thread before Christmas discussing code contributions and > >> best practices for how someone could contribute code to multiple > >> project

Re: New page: Contributing Code

2013-02-12 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:47 PM, janI wrote: > On 12 February 2013 23:19, Rob Weir wrote: > >> We had a thread before Christmas discussing code contributions and >> best practices for how someone could contribute code to multiple >> projects, e.g., AOO and LO. >> >> I've written this up, along wi

Re: New page: Contributing Code

2013-02-12 Thread janI
On 12 February 2013 23:19, Rob Weir wrote: > We had a thread before Christmas discussing code contributions and > best practices for how someone could contribute code to multiple > projects, e.g., AOO and LO. > > I've written this up, along with more general remarks on contributing > code on a ne

New page: Contributing Code

2013-02-12 Thread Rob Weir
We had a thread before Christmas discussing code contributions and best practices for how someone could contribute code to multiple projects, e.g., AOO and LO. I've written this up, along with more general remarks on contributing code on a new page: http://openoffice.apache.org/contributing-code.