Re: octave contributing guidelines

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Thomas Weber
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 10.04.2008, 10:24 +0200 schrieb Jaroslav Hajek:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Thomas Weber
>  > <address@hidden> wrote:
>  > > Am Donnerstag, den 10.04.2008, 09:42 +0200 schrieb Jaroslav Hajek:
>  > >
>  > > > hi all,
>  > >  >
>  > >  > here are the first bits for the new "Contributing guidelines" chapter
>  > >  > in Octave manual. This is a pre-alpha-zero version,
>  > >  > so it's probably not worth being applied to public archive - but I
>  > >  > would like to get comments, suggestions, criticisms etc.
>  > >  > changeset attached.
>  > >
>  > >  Can you publish a repository somewhere[1]? I think sending diffs of
>  > >  diffs becomes cumbersome.
>  > >
>  > >  [1] If you need a hosting place for it, hg.tw-math.de is available.
>  > >
>  >
>  > OK, can you please tell me how to do it? I suppose I need a username -
>  > I usually use "highegg".
>
>  [posting to the maintainer list, so I can point to it in the future]
>
>  1. Which access do you want for pushing?
>   a) ssh
>   b) https
>
>  I prefer[1] to have one method per repository, so if you want other
>  people to have push rights, please check with them. https might be
>  easier for firewalls, but I've learned that this can become difficult
>  with Mercurial if there's a firewall involved.
>
>  2. Which repository name do you want? If you plan to use it for future
>  development, your personal name is probably the easiest choice. If you
>  only want it for a certain feature, an appropriate name might be better
>  suited.
>
>  [1] Otherwise, there must be some syncing between the https-users and
>  the system-users, which is cumbersome.
>
>         Thomas
>
>

1. I never had firewall problems with ssh, so I'd try that.
2. The former case - please use my name (highegg).

thanks,

-- 
RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
computing expert
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz