[Tinyos Core WG] Instructions for contributing code

[henri dubois-ferriere]

I think it looks good and a clear improvement over the 1.x process (or
lack thereof).
Two comments:
- It would be good to at least spend 1-2 sentences on what are
possible criteria for promoting or not. It can still be clear that
this is at the discretion of caretakers, but at least give examples of
what might/not be a blocking factor. Otherwise the process may look
rather obscure or arbitrary to an outsider.

- Top-level organisation: Why organise things by institution name?
That's in my view one of the drawbacks of the 1.x organization. It
doesn't seem like a relevant top-level structure (do I typically
search for "any code from UCX" or  for "a routing protocol"?), and it
also doesn't seem compatible with the hope (I assume that its shared
by others) that one day a sizeable amount of contributions come from
individuals working on their own account (like for most other
successful open source projects).

Henri

On 29/11/06, Kevin Klues <klueska at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> As discussed in the meeting today, here are the links to the
> instructions for contributing code and a sample index file for the
> contrib directory under tinyos-2.x-contrib.  I wanted to give everyone
> in this group a chance to look them over and give me any feedback
> before sending out a more formal email to devel asking for feedback
> from the community on the contribution process.
>
> The contirb instructions:
> http://tinyos.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/tinyos/tinyos-2.x-contrib/contrib.html
>
> The sample index file:
> http://tinyos.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/tinyos/tinyos-2.x-contrib/index.html
>
> There is still one more docuemnt that needs to be created that
> outlines the process of using contributed code in conjunction with the
> normal tinyos-2.x tree.  It will be titled "Using Contributed Code"
> rather than "Contributing Code", and it will outline the process of
> setting up your environment variables/make system correctly.  I don't
> have much time for creating this document this week.  Maybe you could
> take a stab at getting is started Martin?
>
> --
> ~Kevin
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