[sldev] Re: Soft Linden

[Soft Noel]

And of course... that link for the contributor agreement should be:

http://secondlife.com/developers/opensource/submitting

Cheers :)

On 6/7/07, Soft Noel <soft at softnoel.org> wrote:
> Executive Summary: Soft Noel = Soft Linden. Joy! Soon: smuggling
> patches into LL.
>
>
> A number of ya know me from SLDev[-Traffic] and haunting Rob's office
> hours whenever I've been able. To those of you who don't know me: Hi!
>
> I'm happy to say that I've taken a job at Linden Lab. I'm going
> through the "onboarding" process right now, which lasts a couple
> weeks. After I've finished my orientation, I want to start holding
> meetings for developers with contribution agreements on file. If you
> have questions related to projects in development, or patches that are
> ready for incorporation but haven't been given attention, I want to
> ensure you've got a straight pipeline to any help you need.
>
> If you haven't signed a contributor agreement, please consider sending
> one in. You've got a couple weeks before our first meeting:
>
[wrong link]
>
> If you've sent a contributor agreement in, but never received a
> confirmation, feel free to email me at soft at softnoel.org with both
> your SL name and RL name. I can check to verify that you're on the
> list.
>
>
> The process for submitting patches hasn't changed, and it's documented
> very well here:
>
> https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Submitting_patches
>
> What is changing is that I'm going to start ensuring that every patch
> gets acceptance or constructive feedback, and that contributors get
> extra technical help when they need it. While LL's patch acceptance
> has improved a lot in recent weeks, I hope I can help make it better
> still. When you make the effort to help us out, it's the least we can
> do in return for the favor.
>
>
> In the near term, I should be making Rob's office hours regularly from
> now on - nobody looks at me askance if I ask to go on SL for an hour
> or so at work anymore. :) Catch ya there!
>