[Qt-creator] QtCreator plugin contribution

Mateusz Loskot mateusz at loskot.net
Mon Apr 13 20:46:16 CEST 2015


On 13 April 2015 at 13:55, André Hartmann <andre.hartmann at iseg-hv.de> wrote:
>
>>> I hope it's acceptable workflow, as two other developers that joined
>>> my efforts are based on GitHub, and GitHub simlifies our collaboration a lot.
>>
>> Every author needs to agree to the Contribution Licensee Agreement, so
>> make sure that everyone that joins you understands and signs that CLA.
>
> Maybe a wip (work in progress) branch on Qt Gerrit is the better choise?
>
> Pros:
> - All contributors sign the CLA, so there's no licence problems later
> - You get the Qt Sanity Bot (and human reviewers) checking the coding
>   style
> - The code is under broader review, maybe more contributions come in
> - You make it easy for others to check out that branch and test it
> - When the work is finished, the branch could easily be merged
> - Further work after the initial release has to be done on Gerrit anyway
>
> Cons:
> - You and your contributors need to setup and learn Gerrit,
>   but you will need to anyway, and I think the other two already did :)

André, thank you very much for outlining the pros & cons.
We've been 'converted' :) and we've decided to go for the recommended
Gerrit way.

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz  Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net



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