Re: [platform-dev] Occasional contributors and "complicated" rules

["Daniel Megert" <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree. Plus we
use the 'compare-version-with-baseline' Tycho plug-in that fails the Gerrit
Jenkins build tf the version is not updated when required. For details
see Bug
522223.

Dani



From:
       Lars
Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date:
       13.06.2020
17:17
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Re: [platform-dev] Occasional contributors and "complicated"
rules
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Hi Jonah,

I tend to update the versions on behalf
of the new contributor. Once a person starts to contribute more, I try
to explain the version rules.

Best regards, Lars

Jonah Graham <jonah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
schrieb am Sa., 13. Juni 2020, 16:21:
Hello Platform devs,

I want to solicit some input and experience
from you to apply to CDT.

CDT roughly follows the Eclipse Platform
versioning rules. This leads to contributors who only occasionally
contribute having more difficult time than I think they should have.
This increases the perception that contributing to CDT is hard. (e.g. trivial
fixes that pass all tests, still fails build)

How does the platform team deal with
this? Do you require new contributors to learn all the rules such as incrementing
service segments and require the contributor to fix it? Or does an experienced
committer simply make a comment to educate and then the committer completes
the housekeeping fix themselves? 

Up until now I have generally taken the
approach of requiring the contributor to do this housekeeping, but it feels
unwelcoming.

Thank you for any input on how you have
handled this in the past, or if you have any official policy on this.

Jonah


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Jonah Graham
Kichwa Coders
www.kichwacoders.com

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