[Columba-devel] Re: Columba help?

[Frederik D. <ma...@fr...>]

On Mon, February 20, 2006 8:21 am, Anders Holm said:
> Hi Frederik.
>
> I just started using Columba, and was checking through the columba-users
> list. Fairly quiet list, I'm afraid.
>
> I have one or two things that I've found as bugs, and have downloaded the
> source tar ball. I don't have access to CVS for external sites, so I can't
> supply patches that way at the moment I'm afraid. At the moment I don't
> have a net connection at home either. :(
>
> So, my question is, how can I supply any patches to you guys? Just sending
> you a compressed file, or similar?
>
> The bugs I've found so far are mainly in the UI. Since I only have net
> access from work, and my company being the one it is, can I supply patches
> anonymously? They'd be fine with that, though I'm not sure if they'd be
> hapy seeing their brand name in a list of contributors..
>
> Cheers!
>
> //Anders
>
>
> ---
> Anders Holm
> Amazon Data Services Ltd.
> Dublin
> Ireland
>

Hi Anders,

thanks for giving Columba a try! We welcome patches very much. There's
even a little wiki page explaining how at:
http://www.columbamail.org/confluence/display/CO/Contributing+Patches

Generally, this is fairly easy as for example Eclipse IDE creates a patch
automatically for you.

But, patches for the 1.0 version are generally too old. They either
address bugs which were already fixed, or the overall sourcecode
differences are too big to easily apply the patch. I therefore highly
recommend to somehow download the CVS version. Currently, this is not
available as a file download. Additionally, in the future we could grant
you CVS write access, so you can commit bugfixes for yourself.

At least we got a daily Java Webstart version at:
http://columbamail.org/nightlysnapshot/columba.jnlp

You can check if your bug is already fixed, and if not send me a patch
file to my email address. Try to make the patches as small and locally as
possible.

I've forwarded your message to our developer mailinglist, so everyone can
support you.

Just another question. Are you using Columba personally only, or is it
used internally?

Looking forward to see some patches!

Best regards,
-Frederik