Re: Patch Manager: Enthusiastic Volunteer Wanted

On Mar 18, 2008, at 11:09 PM, Hyrum K. Wright wrote:

> *** THIS IS NOT A SUMMER OF CODE PROJECT ***
> Any interested person is encouraged to respond to
> this mail, but as this is not a coding task, it
> will not be considered for Summer of Code applications.
>
> Hi all.
>
> For the past couple of years, I've been keeping an eye on any mail
> with [PATCH] in the subject, prodding the conversation when needed,
> and adding issues to the tracker so they don't get lost. I've been
> rather remiss in my duties as of late, and I feel that the time has
> come for me to pass the touch to another willing volunteer.
>
> From HACKING: "The Patch Manager needs a basic technical
> understanding of Subversion, and the ability to skim a thread and
> get a rough understanding of whether consensus has been reached, and
> if so, of what kind. It does not require actual Subversion
> development experience or commit access. Expertise in using one's
> mail reading software is optional, but recommended :-)."
>

I volunteer to at least attempt to take this on.
Augie

> The complete job description is here:
> http://subversion.tigris.org/hacking.html#patch-manager
>
> Personally, I think it's a great way to get more involved with the
> project, to learn more about the internals of Subversion and just
> get to know some of the other developers better. If you are
> interested, just respond to this mail (on list, of course).
>
> -Hyrum
>