Re: Why are authors never Cc'ed before their code is changed?

[Pascal Quantin <pascal.quantin () gmail com>]

2012/8/19 Lori Jakab <lori () lispmob org>

> On 08/19/12 06:56, Pascal Quantin wrote:
> > Having a RSS link (or something similar) to the subversion file log
> > (
> http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-gsmtap.c?view=log
> > for example) could be a way to easily monitor the changes done to a
> > given file for whoever is interested. Of course it would not prevent
> > the offending commit but it would allow a faster feedback / bugfix if
> > needed (which could be sufficient from my point of vue). Would it be
> > an acceptable first step towards improving the monitoring for changes
> > by original authors / contributors?
>
> I think that some kind of automatic and *opt-in* method to notify the
> author(s) of a certain dissector that changes have been made to their
> code should be available. Both the special header field proposed by Evan
> ("watch") and Sylvain ("maintainer") and the RSS feed would fulfill
> this. And they are not mutually exclusive either. RSS would allow
> interested non-authors as well to easily follow changes, while the
> maintainer option could be integrated with bugzilla so that authors are
> automatically CC'ed on patches submitted for files they maintain.

Hi,

it appears that Wireshark git mirror (http://http://code.wireshark.org/git/)
already has RSS / Atom links (thanks for the hint Jakub ;) ). So whoever is
interested can already subscribe to feeds.
To get the full commit history you can use:
http://code.wireshark.org/git/?p=wireshark;a=atom
http://code.wireshark.org/git/?p=wireshark;a=rss
And to follow a specific file, you can use the 'f' parameter:

http://code.wireshark.org/git/?p=wireshark;a=atom;f=epan/dissectors/packet-gmr1_bcch.c

http://code.wireshark.org/git/?p=wireshark;a=rss;f=epan/dissectors/packet-gmr1_bcch.c

Regards,
Pascal.

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