Contributions silently ignored - now what?

[Peter Arrenbrecht]

On Nov 29, 2007 11:38 AM, Dirkjan Ochtman <dirkjan at ochtman.nl> wrote:
> Personally, I've gotten the best results by logging onto #mercurial on
> irc.freenode.net and talk to developers there. It allows more/faster
> interaction, which can help when the patch is not obvious at a first glance.

Thanks. I tried that for the bundle://repo+file vs bundle://file+repo
issue. I only got one inconclusive response. But I'll try again. Do
you have any recommendations as to when to go there? I am in the CET
timezone (GMT+1).
-peter


On Nov 29, 2007 11:38 AM, Dirkjan Ochtman <dirkjan at ochtman.nl> wrote:
> Peter Arrenbrecht wrote:
> > Were the relevant people too busy to notice? Do I just try again?
> > Isn't that rude? How long do I wait for them to appear in the commit
> > log messages before I retry?
>
> Personally, I've gotten the best results by logging onto #mercurial on
> irc.freenode.net and talk to developers there. It allows more/faster
> interaction, which can help when the patch is not obvious at a first glance.
>
> That said, the mailing list should of course be tended to. Asking again
> is not considered rude, I think, provided you wait a few days before
> doing so. Also, it does seem that many of the developers have been very
> busy over the past few weeks, so some things may have slipped.
>
> (I'm just speaking as someone who is on IRC a lot and has gotten a
> couple of patches accepted.)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dirkjan
>
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