/prog/ - Did you contribute to FOSS?

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 9:36

I sent the patch several days ago and no one contacted me since then. Feels bad.

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 9:38

We didn't have the heart to tell you how bad your code is.

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 9:56

>>1
Which project? Did you make a huge deal about it on the mailing list? Because maybe you should.

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 10:25

>>1
give them some time, then fork it

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 10:27

true story: I submitted patches to mplayer and had them accepted

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 10:54

I have contributed lots of appreciated stuff to GPLed projects
I have also contributed lots of stuff that's been ignored for about year now(for the patch that's been waiting the longest)

Get used to it, or find a way into getting repository access. Then you can get away with anything

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 13:19

Get used to it, or find a way into getting suppository access. Then you can get away with anything

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 13:59

what was the name of the project?

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 14:20

is there some sort of echo in this thread or is it just me?
inb4 ``it's just you''

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 14:21

..b4 ``it's just you''[/spoiler]

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 14:22

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 18:15

I often send patches and disclaim any copyright on the patch. Some projects are responsive and get it into development within the week and others don't show up until months later.

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 19:25

>>1
In FOSS nobody cares about you and your patches, they're all doing it for resume or some academy project, not for users, like us. If you want to fix annoying bugs, add mission-critical features or change something, better fork the project.

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-22 2:56

>>13
or some academy project, not for users, like us
My experience is quite opposite. I submitted three patches to one project lead by couple of university professors and they all were accepted. They were tweaked a little, but accepted nonetheless. Also the responsed really fast.

Also I submitted patches to software written by regular joes and they were ignored.

>>5
mplayer
True story: after seeing mplayer's main() function I had nightmares. Its main() funciton consists of ~3000 LOC if I remember correctly.

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-22 6:12

>>14
mplayer
yeah it's brutal. Also check the indentation style. Not sure what it's like now, but in 2003 when I did some patches it was a delicate mixture of tabs and spaces.

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-23 16:42

Get on IRC!

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-23 19:55

>>14
Anecdotal evidence at its best! Keep trolling, bro.

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-23 21:49

>>17
Anecdotal evidence at its best!
See also: >>1,5,6,12,13

Name: Anonymous 2011-02-24 5:23

>>16
what

Name: Anonymous 2013-01-19 23:44

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Did you contribute to FOSS?

1 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 9:36

2 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 9:38

3 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 9:56

4 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 10:25

5 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 10:27

6 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 10:54

7 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 13:19

8 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 13:59

9 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 14:20

10 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 14:21

11 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 14:22

12 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 18:15

13 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-21 19:25

14 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-22 2:56

15 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-22 6:12

16 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-23 16:42

17 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-23 19:55

18 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-23 21:49

19 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-24 5:23

20 Name: Anonymous 2013-01-19 23:44