Re: changes to the http package

David N. Welton wrote:
Gerald W. Lester wrote:

Step one:

Make the change and submit it as part of the feature request via
tcl.sf.net.

Step two:

Wait several years.

Alternate step two:
Become a maintainer so you can do the commit.

Normally, that happens after someone has contributed to a project for a
while through patches, which gives the person a chance to show that they
know what they're doing, and do useful work without actually being able
to wreck anything.

There is a disconnect in that process if people don't get feedback on
their ideas - if they're good, they should get included, if not, the
problems should be explained, so that people understand what their
mistakes are and how to correct them.

For what it's worth, I do have commit access at this point, but it was
given to me to work on the Tcl Tutorial, not other parts of the system.


David,

I've had things go into the core so I know it can be done.

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