[sldev] Etiquette for posting patches-in-progress?

[Nicholaz Beresford]

Hmmm, maybe post it with something in the title
("sandbox patch"?) that makes clear that it's not
yet ready.


Nick


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Able Whitman wrote:
> If I've got a patch for a JIRA issue that's not quite finished, but in a 
> state that can be tested, would it be good practive for me to attach the 
> patch to the JIRA issue, with a note that it's not the final version?
> 
> I'm trying to find the most convenient way to share in-progress patches, 
> and the nice thing about putting them in JIRA is that it's a central 
> place for all the resources related to a particular bug. So for things 
> like the Sandbox ( i.e., the Yet-To-Be-Named) edition, all the current 
> patches could be found in JIRA without having to have some submitted via 
> email, some downloaded from other sites, etc.  The downside is that 
> currently there's no common way to flag a patch as "attached, but not 
> ready for import".
> 
> Maybe a "ready for import" flag could be added? Or maybe the right 
> solution is to post the patch elsewhere (like on my own site, like I do 
> currently), and only attach patches to JIRA when they're done. I'd like 
> to do whatever is simplest and least confusing, but I'm not sure that 
> one solution meets both criteria. :)
> 
> --Able
> 
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