Re: Becoming a Forge Developer

[Juan Pablo Carbajal]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Juan Pablo Carbajal
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:32 PM, JD Walsh <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Thanks, Juan! Once I saw that the `svn' files were from 2009, I tracked down
>> the Mercurial page on the wiki. I've used hg, so cloning was no trouble.
>>
>> I'm willing to commit to maintaining my functions. In fact, I'd prefer to:
>> if I build something, I want to make sure it works correctly. And keeps
>> working. (And the fun of coding / bug-hunting is a pretty good perk.) If
>> it's not too much trouble, having `push' permission would make it easier to
>> provide ongoing support.
>>
>> Take your time with the patch, and if you find anything you'd like me to
>> fix, please ask.
>>
>> Looking forward to working with you,
>>
>> --JD
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Juan Pablo Carbajal <address@hidden>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 6:17 PM, JD Walsh <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> > Hi! I'm a PhD candidate in Mathematics at Georgia Tech, and right now my
>>> > thesis work involves a LOT of Octave programming. I came across a
>>> > problem
>>> > with the `cmdscale' function in the Octave-Forge Statistics package and
>>> > uploaded a patch for it (Patch 8559 at
>>> > https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?8559). A copy of the submitted patch
>>> > file is
>>> > attached.
>>> >
>>> > I'd like to make more ongoing contributions: if nothing else, when I was
>>> > preparing `cmdscale' for submission I noticed that the closely-related
>>> > MatLab functions `mdscale' and `procrustes' are both missing from
>>> > Octave-Forge-Statistics. The online info about becoming a Forge
>>> > Developer
>>> > said I should post a request here, but the page is a little outdated
>>> > (the
>>> > references to `svn' on that page made cloning the current source
>>> > ``interesting'').
>>> >
>>> > Am I in the right place? If so, I hope you like the submission (and my
>>> > SourceForge ID is the same one I'm using on Savannah: jdwalsh). If I'm
>>> > in
>>> > the wrong place, can anyone tell me where to submit this request?
>>> >
>>> > Either way, thanks for all your great work on Octave!
>>> >
>>> > --JD
>>>
>>> JD, Welcome to Octave.
>>>
>>> You are definitely in the right place. And indeed some of our pages
>>> haven't seen the update wave since we changed to mercurial.
>>> I assume you are able to clone the repository, right?
>>>
>>> If you plan to submit patches form time to time, you do not need push
>>> permission. Just send your patches to the tracker in savannah.
>>>
>>> If you plan to do a single time submission of functions, Octave Agora
>>> would be the right place (plus a mail to these list).
>>>
>>> Now, if you plan to submit your functions and you commit to maintain
>>> them, then I think our benevolent ruler (Carnë Draug) will give you
>>> push permission.
>>>
>>> In any case give us some time to go through your patch.
>>>
>>> Thanks again, and welcome!
>>
>>
>
> JD,
>
> That is great!
>
> Please *always* keep the mailing list in CC, so everybody can track
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> Also, we answer messages at the bottom, like I am doing now, we do not
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>
> For sure Carnë will answer your mail soon.
>
> Cheer

JD,

That is great!

Please *always* keep the mailing list in CC, so everybody can track
the conversation.
Also, we answer messages at the bottom, like I am doing now, we do not
top-post (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Top-posting) as
it makes more difficult to follow the discussion in the mailing list
archives.

For sure Carnë will answer your mail soon.

Cheer