How do I create a developer account

How do I create a developer account

[Abhijit Halder]

I want to contribute features for gdb. Please let me know how I can
create CVS account for code checkin. I am able to checkout code from
read-only CVS. For a read/write CVS access I need an account. Please
help me regarding this.

Thanks,
Abhijit Halder

Re: How do I create a developer account

[Mike Frysinger]

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 02:40, Abhijit Halder wrote:
> I want to contribute features for gdb. Please let me know how I can
> create CVS account for code checkin. I am able to checkout code from
> read-only CVS. For a read/write CVS access I need an account. Please
> help me regarding this.

you dont need an account to contribute.  anyone can post patches to
the gdb-patches mailing list and get things merged.

once you've shown significant activity, you'd sign a FSF copyright
assignment, get an account, and then get approval access.

but unless i've missed something, you havent posted any patches to gdb
yet.  the process is:
 - post patches
 - become known
 - get account
 - post more patches
 - commit things under approval
not really the other way around
-mike

Re: How do I create a developer account

[Abhijit Halder]

Hi Mike,

Thanks a lot for your response. I am really excited getting such a
prompt reply. I have couple of doubts.
1. To submit a patch do I need a bug-id?
2. If I am planning to introduce a new feature (enhancement) how to
get a bug-id for that.
3. To create a patch do I need to do a CVS diff (or simple diff
command is sufficient, if then what option should I use). With
anonymous CVS login I could not do a cvs update or cvs diff.

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 02:40, Abhijit Halder wrote:
>> I want to contribute features for gdb. Please let me know how I can
>> create CVS account for code checkin. I am able to checkout code from
>> read-only CVS. For a read/write CVS access I need an account. Please
>> help me regarding this.
>
> you dont need an account to contribute.  anyone can post patches to
> the gdb-patches mailing list and get things merged.
>
> once you've shown significant activity, you'd sign a FSF copyright
> assignment, get an account, and then get approval access.
>
> but unless i've missed something, you havent posted any patches to gdb
> yet.  the process is:
>  - post patches
>  - become known
>  - get account
>  - post more patches
>  - commit things under approval
> not really the other way around
> -mike
>

Re: How do I create a developer account

[Mike Frysinger]

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 02:59, Abhijit Halder wrote:
> 1. To submit a patch do I need a bug-id?

no

> 2. If I am planning to introduce a new feature (enhancement) how to
> get a bug-id for that.

you dont need one

> 3. To create a patch do I need to do a CVS diff (or simple diff
> command is sufficient, if then what option should I use). With
> anonymous CVS login I could not do a cvs update or cvs diff.

anonymous cvs accounts can do update/diff just fine.  all patches
should be in the unified diff format and be made from the top of the
tree.

there is also a read-only git mirror if you want to use that for
development instead.
-mike

Re: How do I create a developer account

[Abhijit Halder]

Thanks a lot.

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 02:59, Abhijit Halder wrote:
>> 1. To submit a patch do I need a bug-id?
>
> no
>
>> 2. If I am planning to introduce a new feature (enhancement) how to
>> get a bug-id for that.
>
> you dont need one
>
>> 3. To create a patch do I need to do a CVS diff (or simple diff
>> command is sufficient, if then what option should I use). With
>> anonymous CVS login I could not do a cvs update or cvs diff.
>
> anonymous cvs accounts can do update/diff just fine.  all patches
> should be in the unified diff format and be made from the top of the
> tree.
>
> there is also a read-only git mirror if you want to use that for
> development instead.
> -mike
>