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On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 22:47:35 -0600 |
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R0b0t1 <r030t1@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Understanding an existing codebase should not be a technical |
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> challenge. I had to resort to reimplementing all of the steps myself, |
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> in part to understand if they were done properly in the first place. |
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Looks like you are an expert in this area now and are perfectly capable |
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of submitting the patches. I can review them at least for crossdev. |
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> Unfortunately these are things that the original authors should |
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> produce. Experience has shown me that documentation written by |
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> ancillary contributors that do not have deep experience with the code |
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> base is poor. |
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If you have invested some time to understand the code you and understood |
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at least something you should be perfectly capable of submitting a patch |
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to document a thing or two that took you time to grasp. |
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Nobody knows what is hard for you to understand except yourself. |
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Sergei |
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