MapServer Development Process?

[Daniel Morissette]

Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> 
> Ak!  So today I applied two patches fixing memory leaks. Are
> you suggesting even changes such as this would require a
> bugzilla entry?   I am just concerned about the amount of extra
> overhead this adds to a change that otherwise only takes a minute.
> I, for one, am less likely to make such little fixes if I end up needed
> a bug report for it. 
> 

I see your point and would not want the process to prevent people from 
contributing, I can't even believe that I'm the one pushing for more 
processes... but OTOH we've often seen half a dozen files being changed 
and committed with a very cryptic CVS change comment and no clear 
explanation of what the change was for, that's what I am the most 
concerned about and where the requirement for bugs could help.


> I must confess that I didn't even put an entry in the HISTORY 
> file since it seems to minor. 
> 

If you applied the fixes in the 4.6 branch as well then please include a 
note in HISTORY.TXT since even the smallest fix matters in a point 
release. If it's only in the main dev't trunk then it's probably not 
necessary to list every minor change there.

Daniel
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