Re: [avrdude-dev] FTDI patch(patch(patch)))

[Joerg Wunsch]

As Jason Hecker wrote:

> > . the patch arrives as soon as possible,
> 
> Do you have a cutoff date for 5.11?

Well, no fixed date, but it's my intention to roll the next release
within a few day's time.  I did a massive sweep over the bug database
during the last couple of days, and also intend to look at some of the
patches, but I feel it's high time to roll a new release then.  After
all, AVRDUDE 5.10 is about 1.5 years old now.

Alas, most of the patches in the patch trackers lack documentation
(patches).  I guess some people simply don't realize the amount of time
it takes to add all the documentation for the new features submitted.
In 80 % of the cases, having a submitted patch not included in a
release is due to them not being documented, and the maintainer
eventually running out of time (and motivation) in adding all that
documentation a posteriori.

> That said I get the impression that
> the source needs some better documentation overall using Doxygen
> perhaps.

No argument, agreed.

> I am not volunteering for that job though.  :)

Too bad. ;-)

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