[drupal-devel] CVS contribution etiquette

[Khalid B]

It is fine to contribute patches to other modules.  These are in
effect suggestions to the author/maintainer on specific features,
fixes, ...etc.

The patches have to be attached to an issue that you open for that project.

Others may find your patch useful, even if the maintainer does not
want to commit it, or is too busy to look at it, or whatever ..

Communicating with the maintainer ahead of time is always a good idea.
In some cases, the maintainer may even allow you to commit your own
changes. It is on a case by case basis.

On 9/27/05, Steve Dondley <sdondley at gmail.com> wrote:
> I contribute small patches to Drupal core occasionally and to third
> party modules more frequently.  I have CVS access to the Drupal
> contributions, however, I tend to contribute via uploaded patch files
> and I'm wondering if I should be using CVS instead.  But I'm hesitant
> to make changes to someone else's module.
>
> So what are the rules and etiquette for contributing via CVS?  Should
> I just stick to uploading patch files?