Re: Contribution to LibreJS - Backup and Restore Feature

[Mónica Gómez]

Yesterday I sent to this email list the git commit with my proposal. I 
would appreciate a lot if you confirmed that you received it. Thanks.

On 24-01-23 11:21, Mónica Gómez wrote:
> Sounds good, I will try sending my code via email.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mónica Gómez
>
> On 24-01-23 10:56, Ian Kelling wrote:
> > Mónica Gómez <eunbyeol64@naver.com> writes:
> >
> > > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
> > > Dear Bug-librejs email list,
> > >
> > > I hope this email finds you well. My name is Mónica Gómez, and I have
> > > recently added a new feature to LibreJS that I believe could be a
> > > valuable addition to the project. The feature allows users to create 
> > > and
> > > restore backups of their whitelisted and blacklisted sites, enabling
> > > them to maintain their settings when using a different computer or
> > > switching web browsers (e.g., from Firefox to IceCat).
> > >
> > > I made 10 tests and none of them had any errors, and also tested the
> > > extension using it with the new changes in my web browser and 
> > > everything
> > > worked correctly and no other functionality was affected. The mechanism
> > > is the following: it creates a JSON file with the values of
> > > `pref_whitelist` and `pref_blacklist` and lets the user download the
> > > file in their computer. Upon restoring the same JSON file, the 
> > > extension
> > > reads the saved values and updates LibreJS' localstorage accordingly,
> > > overwriting any previous data. Additionally, the page is updated to
> > > ensure users can immediately see the changes.
> > >
> > > To align with the LibreJS development process, I referred to the
> > > official manual available on gnu.org for the "Building" and 
> > > "Releasing a
> > > new version" sections. I have already made and signed the
> > > commit. However, I am currently facing challenges in pushing the 
> > > changes
> > > to Savannah or making a pull request, as I have never used such website
> > > and I understand it works differently from other git hosting platforms
> > > like GitHub or Codeberg.
> > >
> > > I am enthusiastic about contributing to the project, and I would 
> > > greatly
> > > appreciate your guidance on the Savannah process and the rest of the
> > > packaging and release steps. If you find my contribution valuable,
> > > please let me know, and I would be happy to proceed as needed.
> > This sounds great. Thank you. You don't need to package or release
> > anything. As far as I know, the #1 preferred way to send your code is
> > via email to this list, a guide on that is here:
> > https://git-send-email.io/.
> >
> > If you run into problems, then try hosting a git repo somewhere and
> > letting us know the url & branch. In the past people have used
> > https://pagure.io/

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Best regards,
Mónica Gómez <eunbyeol64@naver.com>

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