Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] How to approve / deny a patch?

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From: Richard Sharpe <rsharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 11:02:59 -0700 (PDT)
On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Peter Johansson wrote:

> I am just curious. What is required to get a reply (any) to a supplied
> patch? Either a "Checked in" response or a "Will not approve the
> suggested patch"?
> It might be me that is impatient, but I am unaware of the amount of time
> it usually takes to process the suggested patches. My question is
> related to http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/200409/msg00083.html

What it takes is someone who is interested in the patch you have supplied
and who also has the time to apply the patch, build the code, test it
briefly, and then commit the patch ...

Of course, if you bitch about it a couple of times, someone will look at
it for you :-)

Regards
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Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]richardsharpe.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org,
sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com