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Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 16:44:00 +0100
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Subject: Re: Process for code submissions?
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Heh, and update the changes and news file so it mentions the new feature. :)

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On 5 Aug 2012, at 16:05, Nick North <north.n@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm wondering if there is any process for dealing with code submissions
> i.e. for getting a decision that they are accepted, rejected, or ignored. I
> hope the following doesn't come across as a complaint, because I think
> CouchDb and the community are great, but I feel in limbo on this particular
> topic.
>
> The reason for asking is that I submitted JIRA issue
> COUCHDB-1373<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1373>a
> while back, then let it drop for some while before submitting pull
> request 28 <https://github.com/apache/couchdb/pull/28> with proposed code
> for implementing the suggestion. After some initial discussion on the JIRA
> issue, there was no response to the pull request, and I don't know if that
> means I didn't follow the right process, it has been rejected, it's been
> decided to ignore it, or it's gone into a queue to be considered eventually.
>
> There are many good reasons for not accepting submitted code: the
> suggestion may be bad, the code may be bad, there may not be the resources
> to deal with it, it may be undesirable creeping featurism, it may come from
> someone who hasn't demonstrated good understanding of the project etc. Any
> of those verdicts might apply in this case but, whatever the reason is, it
> would be good to be told it so that I know whether it's worth expending
> more effort to improve my chances of acceptance, or whether to spend that
> time on finding ways to carry on without the proposed code.
>
> If someone can help or guide me, or give an outline of how things operate
> in this area, I'd be really grateful. Many thanks,
>
> Nick North