[development] create patch form

[Gerhard Killesreiter]

Robert Douglass wrote:
> Boris Mann wrote:
>> On 2/7/07, Robert Douglass <rob at robshouse.net> wrote:
>>> This is actually a very good idea, imo. The best format for this would
>>> be to select the drupal version and file that you've changed (or
>>> multiple), upload the files, and then have the patch generated. I think
>>> this could be done securely as long as the files didn't land in the web
>>> directory. This would certainly be an invaluable service.
>>
>> I'm all for lowering barriers to entry. I wonder about the quality of
>> code from such a system. Figuring out patch/diff and CVS is good for
>> the soul, not to mention best practices of code development.
>>
> True. But I think we could get reasonable patches from such a system, 
> and could do things like strip Windows line breaks, spaces at end of 
> lines, and so forth. We could even run it through the code style script 
> to preempt errors.


I believe that people not able and/or willing to provide proper patches 
will probably only provide second rate code anyway and it isn't worth 
the bother.

Cheers,
	Gerhard