[development] create patch form

[Darrel O'Pry]

On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 19:37 +0100, Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:
> 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.

I agree with killes. If a user can't diff... I'd expect patches against
the wrong version of a module and/or patches that provide poor or
incorrect solutions to problems.