Re: [Tcllib-devel] Tcllib: Adding a module for an enhanced procedure and argument management

[Andreas K. <and...@ac...>]

Andreas Drollinger wrote:
> Dear all,

With nobody else answering it seems to fall to me.

> The necessary changes of the TEPAM module (Tcl's Enhanced Procedure and 
> Argument Manager) to make it compliant with Tcllib could finally be 
> completed. The following adaptations and modifications have been made on 
> the module:
> 

> as on Windows Tcl 8.4.7 and 8.5.8. Since the Tcllib's test framework 
> doesn't seam to be compliant with Tcl 8.3.x,

This is quite possible (*). I haven't run the tcllib testsuite against 8.3 for 
quite some time now, only 8.4.19, 8.5.8, 8.6/cvs-head.

 > a simplified framework has been used for Tcl 8.3.x.

> What would be now the next steps to submit this new module into the 
> Tcllib package? Is there an acceptance committee that is voting about 
> the incorporation of new modules into Tcllib? Is there a review 
> committee that checks the quality and completenesses of a new module, 
> before the new code is checked into the version control system? Thanks 
> for indicating me the next steps for the submission of this module.

No, we have no commitees for either acceptance, or review. There are some 
semi-automatic review simply by using

	sak.tcl test run
and	sak.tcl validate
for the new module.

In essence now either
(a)	one of the Tcllib admins makes you a developer for Tcllib, i.e. giving
	you CVS write access and you can then do the commit, or
(b)	you create a new entry in the Tcllib Tracker on SF, with your work
	attached, and then any of the existing developers can do the
	integration.

I personally prefer (a), because then the admin can set the trackers up so that 
the notifications when entries for the module are added to the trackers are 
directed to you, i.e. you will be(come) the maintainer for this part of Tcllib.

The admins are (alphabetically sorted by sf id):

     * andreas_kupries	(thats me)
     * dev_null42a
     * ericm
     * hobbs
     * kennykb
     * kuchler
     * rmax
     * techentin
     * welch

How do you wish to go forward ?

-- 
Sincerely,
     Andreas Kupries <an...@ac...>
     Developer @    <http://www.activestate.com/>