[gdal-dev] Patch submission & development questions

[Mateusz Łoskot]

On 30 October 2011 17:24, Dan Homerick <danhomerick at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a couple questions about the patch submission process. The main
> one being, "What is it?"

I know it this way:

- You create a patch
- You submit new ticket with your patch attached
- Patch is commented in the ticket
- Decision is made, patch accepted or rejected

> I assume that patches are best submitted
> through a Trac ticket. Should we post here for discussion before
> opening a ticket, if the issue we'd like to patch doesn't have an
> existing ticket open?

IMHO, new ticket + discussion as comments to ticket.

> Do most changes go through an "official" RFC
> phase, or just the addition of larger features?

"Significant changes to the main development version should be discussed
on the gdal-dev list before you make them, and larger changes will
require a RFC approved by the PSC."

http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/rfc3_commiters

> There are a couple things I'd like to submit patches for.

I would create new tickets, one per subject/patch, and discuss it there.

Best regards,
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