<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 April 2015 at 15:55, Dahlberg, David <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david.dahlberg@fkie.fraunhofer.de" target="_blank">david.dahlberg@fkie.fraunhofer.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I'd pretty much like to get some comments (or better a commit) about<br>
this patch that I posted onto the list a while ago, so that I could<br>
proceed with the rest that is already waiting.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This seems to be a bit of a common pattern (with some people waiting the better part of a year to get a patch in). While I can understand that life can take you away from a project (I haven't updated some of the projects I maintain in a couple of years) I worry that people will walk away from this gem of a project.</div><div><br></div><div>Can I suggest adding a branch to the git repository (maybe called staging or something) where people can submit changes without having to wait for the maintainer's approval. The active members of the list can review the code and make suggestions so that work isn't stalled unduly. Then when the maintainer feels like he has the capacity to review what has happened he can cherry pick from staging at will.</div><div><br></div><div>The upside of this scheme is that those of us who wish to use the features that are coming as patches will be able to do so easily by simply using the staging branch. The downside is that if the maintainer doesn't come back, it could possibly lead to a fork (although if people get too annoyed they might just fork anyway).</div><div><br></div><div>Just a thought...</div></div></div></div>